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MANDEIGH WELLS
Oil Paintings by
The Messengers
The ones who came first. The watchers. The whisperers.
These represent some of the earliest pieces in this body of work. Quiet horse portraits, painted by instinct.
I was drawn to the Lusitano and Andalusian breeds in particular, something about their presence, their shape, the depth behind their gaze. They held a stillness that felt older than it looked.
At the time, I wasn’t painting myth. I wasn’t even sure what I was painting or why, but these horses marked a shift, from surface to soul, from observation to communion.
They weren’t just subjects...they were messengers.
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