The Royal Horse (Silver Shadow)

A luminous white horse folds into itself in a tender arc, its lowered head and softened gaze turning physical strength into a portrait of inward listening. The satin gradations of the body—cool silvers and quiet greens—are set against an ornamental storm of arabesque patterns and bruised magentas, as if private memory were pressing up through the skin of the painted world. This tension between realism and decorative abstraction makes the animal feel both present and symbolic: a vessel of grace attempting to remain calm while color and pattern threaten to overwhelm. The work reads as a meditation on vulnerability—dignity held intact not through dominance, but through restraint and stillness.