Equestrian Jumping Sports Art

This equestrian sports art was created from a photograph taken during a grand prix jumping event at a horse show.  The original photograph included the entire horse and rider, the fence, plus some of the background.  It was very nice on its own with the horse captured at the peak of the jump and showing good form.  For this artwork we tightly cropped the image to focus attention on the front of the horse as it pulls up its legs to clear the jump.  The rider had to be generic so we intentionally excluded the face.  A digital effect was selectively applied that gave the appearance somewhat of a painting, with simulated brush strokes and the elimination of crisp detail.