Horse Painting by Famous Artist Monet A flowering prickly pear cactus

A flowering prickly pear cactus stands tall at the heart of this photograph

its heavy head resting on its paws in complete contentment

This image brings the vivid life of the natural world close enough to study

The whole composition glows with sunshine

Horse Painting by Famous Artist Monet A flowering prickly pear cactusA bay horse surges forward at full gallop, painted in fluid watercolour washes of chestnut, sienna and soft grey. Its mane and tail stream backward in the rush of motion, dissolving into delicate spatters that trail across the pale ground beneath flying hooves. Loose pigment scatters around the body like kicked up dust, suggesting speed without ever freezing it. The restrained, earthy palette and the white of the untouched paper keep the whole scene