It was natural to turn to horses as a subject; I never stop learning from the two horses in my life. I know I love them but they don’t love me - what am I to them? Despite this open sentimentality my work is a rigorous enquiry.

I am researching movement and have been working from the horse because they are such a huge and necessary part of my life. I spent nearly a decade working with dancers, an art form I admire greatly but my experience of dance is that of the spectator.  

I push myself in my art practice. I am searching in the act of drawing and painting. I hope my work asks questions, not about equestrian art but about what it means to be a human in daily contact with this extraordinary animal.

Jo Derczynska