The Horse

Tony used to say he was the fastest brush of the West... yet some paintings he would go over and over again. The horse is one of those. It was first a carousel horse with children and after many changes, using part of what was there, it became this Chagalesque canvas. Sometimes he would change a painting because it was too easy, too sweet, too decorative. He would be offended by the fact that people would imply that he painted in the style of Chagal... He saw the similarities but had been doing the dancing figures in the sky and the strange color animals before he had seen a Chagal. The horse was painted and signed in Antwerp in 1982 and the vet is the proud owner of it. See how the lady hides the carousel horse and how the skull and the fear of death is in the harlequin's despairing hands?