'The Keepers': Vanguard

Digital painting by @misterbezold 300 DPI—3.000x5.250 Pixels—PNG

A statuesque horse and mustached rider, draped in vibrant floral finery, wear expressions of serene sternness—ironically hinting at the duality of their static presence in the vast gallery. Guardians, enigmas—watchers of relics and treasures; poised to unleash a storm, of quiet chaos.

misterbezold (X: @johnbezold/johnbezold.com) is a Dutch-American artist, living in Amsterdam, whose work explores the presence of the past in the present.