Horses on Canvas
Selected Works by James Koskinas
White Stallion
60″ X 60″ Acrylic on Canvas
I have known horses since I was very young; they have been constant in a lifetime of change.
I can always go back to the horse; he is always there for me.
Let me make this clear. It’s all about energy, the sum total of your life’s experiences.
Stallion With Ochre Rider
60″ X 48″ Acrylic on Canvas
White and Red Horses in Ochre Field
60″ X 88″ Acrylic on Canvas
I know that wherever I go, whatever happens, I can always learn the truth from a horse.
Horse and Rider with Red
40″ X 40″ Acrylic on Canvas
Midnight Stallion
40″ X 40″ Acrylic on Canvas
White Horse with Yellow
40″ X 40″ Acrylic on Canvas
White Horse and Rider with Blue
60″ X 48″ Acrylic on Canvas
I don’t select my palette in advance but rather use color intuitively.
One of the ways I know my work is done is when nothing more occurs to me.
Portrait of White Horse
48″ X 48″ Acrylic on Canvas
Spirit Horse
48″ X 60″ Acrylic on Canvas
Spirit Horse IV
54″ X 56″ Acrylic on Canvas
Horse In Black Field With Rider IV
48″ X 36″ Acrylic on Canvas
Portrait of Ochre Horse
48″ X 36″ Acrylic on Canvas
Horses
A chance meeting with a lost stallion on an Arizona highway set in motion my lifetime obsession with painting horses. Later I added a rider to these horses. The riders have become self-portraits and a search for unity between horse and man.
I am fascinated with the shape of the horse, especially the head. I change the shape of the head, sometimes lengthening it, sometimes shortening it. I like to paint them life size or almost life size. I can abstract it, elongate it, shorten it. Painting the horses on paper allows me to be more spontaneous and expressive and make them more abstract. I can always go back to the horse; he is always there for me.
-James Koskinas
