A group of mules doze on their feet among willows, their coats catching violet and roan light, a green field and pale sky opening behind them

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Mules, Resting

Medium Watercolor and wax crayon on wove paper

Paper 140 lb cold-press cotton

Size 13¼ × 21 in

Painted 2024

Mules sleep standing up, which makes them the most patient models I have ever had. Their coats are not brown at all. In that light they were violet, roan, oxblood, and a gray-blue I still cannot name. The willows were painted with the side of the brush and one deep breath each.

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Placeholder artwork: “Mules (1918)” by John Singer Sargent, public domain via The Met.