Sophie von Hellermann
She is Little, But She is Fierce, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
180 x 230 cm
70 7/8 x 90 1/2 in
70 7/8 x 90 1/2 in
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I painted this upon my return from New York in the beginning of March. Inadvertently I followed my own tradition there for I had painted another horse with a city...
I painted this upon my return from New York in the beginning of March. Inadvertently I followed my own tradition there for I had painted another horse with a city scape after another visit to New York for my brilliant friend Thea DJordjadze’s exhibition. (The gallery actually has that painting also (purple, with black horse and blonde naked rider) As I left the city, the Virus was riding in. I heard the Spanish Flu was referred to as The Pale Rider and references to old paintings of death and disease riding in on horseback were feeding into the image I was painting. The title is a quote from Midsummer Nights Dream because the painting appeared in the midst of the series I was working on in the woods.