Field of Dreams
Follow me into fields of dreams
Where the honey-scented lupine revives your imagination
Purple, the color of intuition and insight
Black, the color of mystery and midnight
Together we will go on a journey
To the meadows your soul remembers
~ Kim McElroy
THE STORY BEHIND THE ART
This painting depicts how inspiring it is to see a horse running free. Especially if that horse is running to meet you. All that power and joy, at once dreamlike, and very, very real.
I did not get to meet this gorgeous horse, but like you I wished I could have been there to see this stunning vision. When I saw the photograph of Centauro running in a grassy field by my friend Jan Gyllenstern, I knew I had to paint it. The photo was already beautiful, but I wanted to make it even more so; to recreate it as a timeless dream, rather than a moment frozen in time.
I chose the setting of a hill of lupine flowers to surround him, setting off his powerful presence with soft purple petals. When I chose the flower, I found out later that they were the perfect choice for the title I had in mind. Lupine, containing the Latin word for wolf, also symbolizes happiness and new opportunities.
This painting won the People's Choice Award out of 400 works of equine art exhibited at the Kentucky Derby Museum.
This painting is also the card for Heart's Desire in the Way of the Horse Equine Archetypes for Self-Discovery Book and Card Set by Linda Kohanov