" Decent " Horse falling into waves by Cinnamon Cooney

" Decent " The final state in the Bucephalus series. The unnerving image of a horse falling into waves. At the end of the heroic journey or quest our hero faces the final test giving all and becoming purified. The central figure surrenders and the polarities are resolved. Even though my subject's  greatest fear is faced it is through the fall that rebirth is possible. In the way our falls and tribulations when survived lift us back up to a greater calling. One of the elements I looked for in this piece was how to convey this dichotomy but show the viewer the hope of uncertain future redemption.  It is from the ocean that life and hope will spring.The water that flows here has been here as witness to the legends of earth.  I have left the viewer the freedom to resolve the events.  While the painting remains in a state of unknown conclusion. That way the place the onlooker is currently living creates a new experience of the painting.               Sold