For centuries, horses have been a symbol of strength, freedom, and nobility in art. From Renaissance masters to 19th-century Romantics, painters have immortalised these majestic creatures with brush and canvas. Today, UK-based artist Sabbi Gavrailov carries that tradition forward, capturing the power and dignity of horses in oils with a timeless, classical approach.

Discover more about Sabbi's equestrian artworks in this art blog.

When a skill you’ve taken for granted since childhood flees from your finger tips, it is quite a challenge not to allow depression to well within. Creativity, I have found, is both the way to repair such a problem and help dissipate depression, or as doctors familiar with my case call it, suppression due to bad health. Sitting with my sketchbook I’d have a go, but not producing my usual stuff made it hard to keep going. Yet one has to. The urge to create is inherent, birds make artful nests, ant hills are a joy to behold, design is built into every cell within us, it is inherent in structure and tapping into that superb trait is liberating.