Pride of the Piegan
$1,800.00
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A sense of proud calm arrives first: a lone rider poised atop his horse, holding a red cloth aloft against an open sky that feels both vast and intimate. The figure’s upright posture and the horse’s steady step create a quiet dignity rather than haste—you can almost feel the wind lifting the flag and the rider’s coat. Warm earth tones in the foreground and the horse’s glossy chestnut are balanced by the cool, towering clouds behind them, giving the scene a dramatic but reassuring contrast between land and sky. Small details—the beadwork on the saddle, the fringed clothing, the deliberate way the reins are held—make this feel personal and lived-in, not staged. Altogether the composition reads as a moment of watchful presence: an announcement or greeting that is measured, confident, and full of restraint. It’s the kind of image that brings a feeling of respectful stillness and wide-open possibility into a room.
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Z.S. Liang, born in China in 1953 and raised in a family of artists, published his first painting at age 6 in a children's magazine. His art education spanned two continents, beginning at the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing and continuing to the Massachusetts College of Art and Boston University. His award-winning paintings hang in both corporate and private collections around the world and several of his murals are permanently on display in New York City. His works are in corporate and private collections throughout the United States and many other countries, including Sheraton Corporation, Marriott Corporation, Weseda University Tokyo and the West Point Museum. Among the many awards Liang has received are the Best of Show and People's Choice at the American Society of Portrait Artists, the Arthur Ross Award for Painting at the Classical America New York, and the Lila Acheson Wallace Award for Painting at the Society of American Illustrators. Liang's paintings have been featured in the Artist's Magazine and the International Artists.
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