The Wild One | Sepia Horse Portrait Close Up Canvas Wall Art Print

About The Wild One

A horse fills almost the entire frame, photographed head-on and slightly from above, so the long face runs from the top edge down to the muzzle near the lower centre. The coat reads dark chocolate through the cheeks and neck, lifting to warm tan along the bridge of the nose where light catches it. A small irregular white star sits between the eyes. The mane falls forward in loose dark strands on the left and is lifted away on the right, catching a rim of light. The background is an out-of-focus wash of sepia and pale ochre.

Tone is everything here: the whole image sits in a narrow band of browns, with the only true brightness in the star, the damp shine on the nostrils and the catchlights in both dark eyes. Grain is soft and the edges of the mane dissolve into the blurred backdrop. A signature in white script sits in the lower right corner. The mood is calm and direct rather than dramatic, the horse simply looking back at the viewer.

Suits a bedroom above the bedhead, a hallway, or a home office where the warm brown tone settles against white, limewash or greige walls. Works in country and beach house interiors with leather, rattan, linen and aged timber, and pairs well with other sepia or black and white animal and landscape prints. Browse more brown and earthy art, silver and grey art, or read Art above the bed: what size and how high.