“Old Campaigner – Portrait of a Working Horse”
Original pencil & charcoal on archival paper | Image size approx. 18 × 24
A stunningly intimate three-quarter profile of a seasoned ranch horse, rendered in graphite and charcoal with breathtaking realism. The artist has coaxed velvet softness and gleaming highlight from nothing but shades of gray: every whisker, every ripple of mane, every subtle vein and scar tells decades of hard miles. Light skims across the powerful neck and jaw, catching the faint sheen of an old campaigner who has seen every kind of weather the high plains can throw at him.
The background is left deliberately spare, almost breathed onto the paper, so the horse emerges like a quiet apparition, noble, patient, and wise. This is draftsmanship at its most soulful.
Style lineage / “In the tradition of”
- The hyper-real equine portraits of Robert Bateman and Lanford Monroe
- Classic American Western draftsmen such as Fred Ludekens and Nick Eggenhofer
- Modern masters of graphite like Adonna Khare or Robert Longo, but wholly devoted to the Western horse
Medium
- Graphite pencil and charcoal on heavy acid-free cotton rag paper.
Condition
- Excellent studio-fresh condition.
Signed
- lower right by Evan J Phillips SR.
Unframed drawing on paper
Recommended presentation
- Double museum mat (8-ply top mat in warm white or soft gray, inner accent mat in charcoal or rawhide tone)
- Simple 2–2½” wide distressed barn-wood or matte black metal frame
- UV-protective Artglass AR or Museum Glass strongly recommended
Professional shipping
- Acid-free archival backing, glassine interleaving, custom-fit museum carton, fully insured door-to-door.
Downloadable Print Included
This piece is pure heart and craft.
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