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Ink, pencil and gouache on Fabriano Artistico 200gsm
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A riderless horse known as the black horse of Sutton’s Forest. It was regarded as a sign of coming disaster. It has been known to pass right through houses.
(Source of information: www.warrenfahey.com )
The horse is also referenced in this 1891 poem by Henry Lawson, Talbragar
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Paul Compton’s artworks take the form of drawings, prints, handmade books and zines. His work displays an ongoing interest in vignettes, animism, outsiders, literature, the occult and the Victorian era.
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I read your reference first and I shivered and then tried to recall if I’ve seen Sutton gallop through my home. I shall ponder that.
Simply amazing art…the detail is mesmerising. Haunting work.
Thank you so much Lisa. I love Australian ghost stories, they’re often quite understated and focus on the echoes throughout a landscape or memory etc. So glad you like this and I hope you’ve been well : )
– Paul Compton
Wonderful and spooky – love the colors in the mane especially.
Thank you Tama – I love ghost stories : )
– Paul Compton
i love this……
Thank you Erich…
– Paul Compton
WOW- Love this x
The Black Horse of Sutton I is gorgeous & so spookyily eeerily powerful, would love for him to pass through this house i stay in, i think i would jump on & escape with him. Love the rainbow colors of his mane Very masterful & strong Paul
Wow, what a compliment. So glad you like this pinky – I really enjoyed making it and reading the ghost story. Hope you’re fantastic! XO
– Paul Compton
love it! Paul its a lovely piece of artwork it could be the portrait of a cover of a band like the black heart procession check their music i dont know but i think of their music when i see this!
Beautiful work Paul- elegant and haunting.
dramatic and compelling especially coupled with your description, Paul. Really fine work.
Awesome Paul! Love the hazy effect you have done in that background; really looks like an ominous aura from the horse (or that it is morphing itself from matter so that it can pass through houses… or it’s a ghost?)
Fabulous – I love the way you use ink on paper…