This is Bella, she’s a cheeky little pony who loves human company. I love the sparkle in her eye and her big smile. She knows I have an apple for her. I wanted to get that expression in a painting.

I used thick paint in her mane. It’s summer and her mane is bleached by the sun and is full of colour with yellows, oranges, lilacs, blues and greens. Her muzzle is lilac and teal and her whiskers are lilac, orange, blue and yellow. A sunny girl on a sunny day.

She is painted on a 12×12 inch gessoboard in oils and is framed in a brown wood frame with dark grain. The frame has some marks on it.