When I volunteered as a Gallery/Exhibition Assistant at GalleryMK in Milton Keynes I used to have whole rooms to myself on some quiet days. I have spent a lot of time looking at this life size painting.

Whistlejacket was a chestnut thoroughbred stallion with a flaxen mane and tail.

It was on loan at the time. He usually lives in the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London. I often pop in just to say ‘hello’. He’s an old friend.

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