Piece description from the artist
I was excited to paint this horse named Devon because of his beauty. I had never heard of the Lipizzaner breed which are known for their dancing ability as well as their history of having fled war-torn parts of the world to survive. They can appear white but are really a glowing grey color.
Before starting the painting. I spent time photographing and hanging out with Devon. I learned about Devon's arrival from across the country. He arrived underfed and unhealthy. He was not in good shape.
Prior to coming to California, he lived in a cold climate on the east coast and was not acclimating well at all. Once he arrived in California and became accustomed to the sun, he blossomed in the warmth and is now living the life.
Corrie Gregory’s work lives on the border between dreams and nightmares, where chance and control collide. Her art is born out of the investigation.
She explores Jungian themes from the deep preconscious, themes that have appeared in fables around the world for hundreds of years and which continue to resonate today. Her animals take on human characteristics, and her humans, children all, exhibit animal parts, drawing a mystical connection between us and our animal nature. The characters in Gregory’s work sprout roots, float in the air, or do both. Her creatures are innocent and perplexed, sly and savvy, or passive and subject to the whims of nature, but never victims of their fate.
Gregory also draws inspiration from the mid-twentieth-century science, and medicine as well as her materials. Vintage doctors’ prescription pads are the canvas for much of her work. Her drawings on those aging pieces of paper to investigate the tension between our ability to rationally know or control and our deeper instinctive knowledge.
Gregory makes trouble at her studio in North Hollywood CA, where she lives with her husband Jeff, her dogs Max and Minnie and her garden.
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