Unicorns & Fantasy

UNICORNS & FANTASY

Alice could not help her lips curling as she began:

"Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were

fabulous monsters, too? I never saw one alive before!"

"Well, now we have seen each other," said the Unicorn,

"if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you.

Is that a bargain?"

Lewis Carroll - THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS

"CELTIC SECRETS" - oils on canvas board 16" x 20" 2009 Commission - SOLD

"THE GODDESS WITHIN" - oils 1.02m x 1.02m

This painting represents my interpretation of the Horse Goddess Epona, a blending of the feminine within what appears to be a masculine horse, the woman's silhouette in black combined with the white of the horse, yin & yang. Her hair & hand flow into the mane like tree roots; she is a part of the earth, yet also the air - mythical, magical, yet also a part of Mother Nature. Look on top of the mountain - for the snowline is in the shape of a horse lying on its side.

My inspiration for this painting was my love of coloured horses, actually 1 of my own blue-eyed Paints. No two Paint Horses are alike, each has it's own individual colour & pattern. The above horse would be called a 'splash white overo' as the colour looks like it is poured over the white horse.

* HIGHLY COMMENDED Works on board or canvas : TAREE SHOW, NSW 2004

*1ST People's Choice : TAREE SHOW, NSW 2004

*1ST People's Choice: CAMDEN HAVEN SHOW, NSW 2005

Collection of the artist. Available as a card & mounted, matted, framed or canvas print at www.fineartamerica.com/profiles/louise-green.html & also www.redbubble.com/people/louisegreen