Royal wings in Flight

Maleko ©2012       Original drawing colored pencil on white paper,     
                      edited using PicMonkey    9x7 inches

Royal wings in flight

Soaring in the night

Hidden from our sight

Powerful love & might

Setting the world right

Bringing grace & light
Maleko ©2012

Silent Royal Flight

"Silent Royal Flight"   Maleko ©2012   9x7 inches

 

Colored pencils on white paper, border added using PicMonkey
(A different version of this drawing posted next week for Halloween!)

for themselves they have seen my strength
watched me rise from darkness into light
a silent royal flight wings dripping blood
chasing the last of them from the earth
the demon monsters bound in chains
hunting through the dark of night
sending them fleeing one by one
cast down to a shadowy death
the fate they had earned

Maleko ©2012

Royal Glory

"Dueling Crowns"          Maleko ©2012            8x10 inches
Colored pencil drawing on black paper, border added using PicMonkey

Forces rise in ferocious display 

Mighty steeds thundering down

Conquering the night and the day

Royal glory wears a kingly crown

Maleko ©2012  

A Crown of Royalty

“A Crown of Royalty”               Maleko ©2012
Colored pencil drawing on black paper          4×6 inches

A Crown of Glory

"A Crown of Glory"  Maleko ©2012    

Colored pencil drawing on black paper  4x6 inches

Dark Horses

 

Switchfoot - Dark Horses 

(acoustic version from the album Vice Verses)

Yeah I made my mistakes, I seen my heart cave in I got my scars, I been to hell and back again Born for the blue skies, We'll survive the rain born for the sunrise, We'll survive the pain

[Chorus:]

We’re singing… Hey, you can’t count us out We’ve been running up against the crowd Yeah, we are the dark horses We’re singing… Wait! It’s not over now We’ve been down but we’ve never been out Yeah, we are the dark horses

We found the way out, The city takes everything it can But outside the crowds, I can feel my lungs again Born for the blue skies, We'll survive the rain Born for the sunrise, We'll survive the pain

[Chorus]

We're singing La la la la la la la La la la la la la la. Yeah! Born for the blue skies Born for the blue skies Born for the sunrise We’ll survive the pain

[Chorus:]

We’re singing… Hey, you can’t count us out We’ve been running up against the crowd Yeah, we are the dark horses We’re singing… Wait, don’t care what they say We know we’ll find a way Yeah! We are the dark horses Yeah! Laa la-la-la-la-laa Laa la-la-la-la-laa &

[Faded Voice:]

Keep running with the dark horses Hope makes the blood change courses Keep running with the dark horses Stand up with the dark horses Keep running with the dark horses Hope makes the blood change courses 

___________________________________________________ (This song has become somewhat of a theme song for me lately.  As an artist, poet and writer these solitary pursuits take me into places that others may fear to go. There can be terrible dangers and evil, but also beauty and light.  I often feel like a dark horse in a world of light horses, but I always have hope and wish to dispense at least a little of that hope to others. God Bless ~M)

Wearing Masks

"Wearing Masks"   ©Maleko 2012

5x6.5 inches  ~  Watercolor Pencils and Pastels  ~  Drop shadow border added using PicMonkey

This picture of three horse heads in vibrant colors struck me as looking like masks that were being worn while something devious is being planned.  What could that be?  What is being said?  What are they trying to hide?     Better question what do we hide behind the masks we wear in our daily lives?

Horse Graffiti

"Horse Graffiti"      ©Maleko 2012

4x6 inches  ~  Colored Pencils on Black Paper  ~  Border and Background added using PicMonkey

Love Hurts

"Love Hurts"     Colored Pencils & Pastels        7x9 inches

(border added using Paint Shop Pro)              Maleko ©2012

Freedom Running

Standing in the silence of the morning sun
Listening to the breeze blowing in the sage
A distant rumbling thunder begins to grow
Shaking the ground with a chorus of echos

Photo courtesy of GeekPhilosopher.com

Over the ridge I see them from afar
Majestic and regal as swiftly they come
Clouds of dust rising from their hoofs
Running just for the love and freedom
Manes and tails blowing in the wind
I raise my arms in silent reverie
Watching the herd my heart is overcome
I feel their freedom surging in my blood
A fighting symbol of our mighty land
The last of their kind holding out
Still proud and defiant to the end
As they soar over the ground
Freedom calls and beckons us to follow
©Maleko 2012

This is my writing for Free Write Friday (#FWF) sponsored by Kellie Elmore on the topic of Freedom!

Zebra Colors

"Zebra Stripes"       12x9 inches        Pastels on Black Paper (Paint Shop Pro border added)      Maleko ©2012

"Blue Stripes"              12x9 inches   

Pastels on Black Paper (Paint Shop Pro border added) 

Maleko ©2012

"Purple Pink Stripes"              12x9 inches   

Pastels on Black Paper (Paint Shop Pro border added) 

Maleko ©2012

Playing around with colors on the same design of a mother zebra grazing while keeping a watchful eye out for her young foal.  Everyone has seen a black and white zebra, but a one of color?  That would make us stop and take a second look, right?  Which one is your favorite? ~M

Breaking Blue

"Breaking Blue"       Colored Pencils on Black Paper

6x9 inches   (Paint Shop Pro border added)    ©Maleko 2012

Forged in Fire

Forged in fire ~ beyond the stars 

~ shattering the dark ~ unfailing love remains

"Forged in Fire"        ©Maleko 2012

15 x 22 inches  Mixed Media (Watercolors, Pastels & Colored Pencils)

Resurrection

"Resurrection"       Colored Pencils on Black Paper        5x7 inches

Maleko ©2012

"But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings"

Malachi 4:2 

Often only through pain do we find our redemption.  Choosing to believe that there can be a resurrection every time we fall.  This drawing represents the sacrifice of Jesus for us willingly giving up his life to save us for all eternity, and his ultimate triumph over death as the grave to this day is still empty.  The horse is ready to rise from the pool of blood in which he is standing, wings posed ready to take flight out of the pain which still clings to his legs.  We too can have this and rise above our pain if we only just believe.

Walk Proud

"Walk Proud"    ©Maleko 2012  

7 x 5 inches   Colored Pencils on Black Paper

Under a Silver Lining

"Under a Silver Lining"            ©Maleko 2012

Colored Pencils on Black Paper       4x6 inches

This drawing is my donation to the #twitterartexhibit in Norway via David Sandum that benefits
the Women's Crisis Center in Moss where abused women and children can get the help they need.

Bronco Metal

"Bronco Metal"     Colored Pencil on Black Paper and edited with Paint Shop Pro  
4x6 inches         Maleko ©2012

Silver Wings

"Silver Wings"    

Colored Pencil on Black Paper      5x7 inches    ©Maleko 2012

The beauty of a winged horse standing firm against the darkness that surrounds.  Wings posed in strength to erupt into flight with the knowledge that the darkness cannot keep him bound as he is free.  This drawing attempts to capture that still moment when strength rises and all things are possible, even stories that reside in legend and myth.

"Believe in legend.  Believe in myth.  Believe in miracles.  

Believe in love.  Believe in the unexpected.  Believe in hope.

Believe in the undiscovered.  Believe in dreams.  Believe in God." 


Prints and cards are available for purchase at Fine Art America

Red Sun Streaks

"Red Sun Streaks"    

Colored pencil on black paper with Paint Shop Pro border     5x7 inches   Maleko ©2012

Equine Bells

 

"Equine Bells"       ©Maleko 2011

Watercolor pencil and pastel drawing with Corel Paint Shop Pro border 

To view or purchase greeting cards and prints of this design or others 

please go to my website on Fine Art America

Merry Christmas!   ~M