This work captures the very last moment of motion before the mare grinds to a halt. With her head whipping from the left to a resting posture, the subject has been given a finessed treatment creating the effect of a Trompe-l’œil. With her tresses still in motion and tassels merely fluttering from the residual momentum of the gallop, she emerges from the depths of a stained glass chasm of pristine geometry
ASLAM SHAIKH
Halted Gallop
Acrylic on Canvas
54 x 80 inches
2017