Richard Hambleton | Horse & Rider | Blue Skull Galaxy The Shield Rose in black

The Shield Rose in black glass is the most formally dramatic of Schoony's Boy Soldier series — the opposition between the innocence of the child's face and the rose shield rendered in black glass creating a composition of unusual psychological power

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Richard Hambleton | Horse & Rider | Blue Skull Galaxy The Shield Rose in blackRichard Hambleton (19522017) Horse & Rider Blue Limited edition print Horse & Rider in blue is among the most visually compelling works in Hambleton's printed output the Shadowman series extended into the equestrian, the silhouette of horse and rider rendered in his characteristic gestural technique against a blue ground that gives the work an atmospheric quality distinct from the more monochrome works in the series. The horse, like the Shadowman, is