The Carousel HorseOn the outside, of a beautiful carousel horse, you see shiny paint, a wooden shell, glossy colors....but look deeply into their eyes and you will see the soul of a trapped horse, who longs to be free. He doesn't want to go round and round any longer. He wants to leap from the slick, circling platform onto green meadows and feel clean air sucking through his lungs.
You don't know it, but at night, when the carousel shuts down, the hooves are freed from their pedestals, wood becomes living flesh, and the horse's wish is granted.
When I was a child, and I visited the carousel with my grandparents, the horses knew I was "one of those who understood". They'd came to my house in the dead of night and I'd hear their impatient hooves outside my window. I could open the window and make the leap onto one of their backs and spend the rest of the magical night flying across the ground on the wildest of wild horses....the carousel!
Donna Ridgway
This painting is 8X10" on gallery wrapped canvas.
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I love the brilliance of the colours of your carousel horse. The eye looking back at the viewer is talking to us.
ReplyDeleteI understand how you feel about the carousel horse. There is something about them that whilst tamed on a carousel, they are still untamed. I have a friend in Germany who has taken some wonderful photos of the carousel horses, still trapped on their roundabouts, for me. There are some beautiful carousels still working in Europe. Not many to be seen here in Australia.
Very nice. You would have loved a visit to our town a couple years ago. there were a couple dozen(small town) carousel horses on display on street corners and in front of stores, library, museum for the whole summer. Lots of fun as they were very decoratively painted by groups and individuals to reflect our local flavor. We live on the shore of Lake Michigan.
ReplyDeleteHugs, DJ in SW MI, USA
I'd love to see those carousels in Europe, and the ones in Michigan! Some are copyrighted and you can't take photos of them, others are not. I love the carousel in Helena, Mt, because I can take photos there. The one in Missoula, Mt, is all copyrighted. I did donate a large painting to them when they did their 10th anniversary, it sold for a good price which made me happy.
ReplyDeleteI should post a picture of that horse as I don't show it very often.
Thanks for your comments!
Donna