HORNery QUERY (Part II)

Contemporary Bull & Horn Symbolism Paintings, (2016–ongoing)

Intro

Welcome to Hornery Query II, the second chapter in my ongoing journey through the wild, trembling world of contemporary expressionistic bull paintings. While the first part explored the raw beginnings of this creature’s myth and momentum, this new collection pushes further and, above all, deeper.

Although the bull has always stood as a stubborn symbol of strength, stubbornness, and cosmic drama, these most recent works (created from 2022 to 2025) reveal a creature that is changing, mutating, and quite literally charging into new emotional territories. Because of this, each canvas becomes a kind of battlefield between impulse and intention. As a result, the bull no longer simply stands in the frame; instead, it erupts into it.

An Invitation

This is an invitation to participate rather than observe—to let symbols work on you the way they’ve worked on me, year after year, one painting at a time.

A More Violent Color Language

From 2022 onward, the palette thickened. Consequently, the reds grew darker while the blues throbbed with static, and the whites slashed across the surface like broken bones of light. In turn, the bull’s body began to fragment into planes, streaks, and vibrations.
Yet the creature remains unmistakable. Even when dissolving, it insists on existing.

A Creature in Transition

Meanwhile, the brushwork shifted as well. The earlier strokes were almost ceremonial; however, these newer paintings feel more feral, as though the gesture arrived first and the bull appeared only afterward. Therefore, the viewer is pulled into a dynamic motion, a movement halfway between collapse and ascension.
Ultimately, the bull becomes a metaphor for the human condition: stubborn, wounded, laughing, bruised, and charging forward anyway.

Why This Series Continues?

Although Hornery Query began as a single experiment, it has transformed into a long-term dialogue between instinct and form. Furthermore, this second part shows how the bull motif refuses to settle. Instead, it keeps evolving, demanding new shapes and newer emotional registers.
Consequently, each painting from this period stands as a snapshot of inner turbulence meeting outer discipline.