Xanadu

FREE FALLING SERIES

At the Ready is a Saratoga Racetrack painting by Photorealist painter Denis Peterson

 

  • Painting Series:
    FREE FALLING
  • Media:
    Acrylics
  • Painting Method:
    Airbrush/Glazed Layers
  • Substrate:
    38"x 47" Canvas
  • Signed Prints/Edition 50:
    0 Available
  • Past Exhibitions:
    Gallery and Shows

  • The story behind the image:

    I found the dichotomous variety of scenes at Saratoga Race Course a veritable culture from the highended horse auctions to the intense races, from the celebatory crowd to the humble jockeys, from the horse owners to the horse bettors, and from the parade grounds to the stables.

    This particular assembly of patrons reminded me of the classic song Xanadu by the Electric Light Orchestra. A place where nobody dared to go, the love that we came to know, they call it Xanadu.



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