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140 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 4.17 THE ARTS RICHARD SULLIVAN With his paintings of sports stars in e Washington Post, stadiums and the National Baseball Hall of Fame's permanent collection, 29-year-old Louisville native Richard Sullivan is known for his watercolors of athletes. "I consider horses athletes, too," says the former professional baseball player. "I was just interested in painting the muscles, and there are so many colors, so many possibilities with movement." He mentions Degas' equine paintings, and the Impressionist fascination with horses, but the historical precedence for his work doesn't weigh too heavy on his mind. He's just happy to get outside his human-centric comfort zone. "I like painting horses a little bit more than people," he says. "eir faces are different. I try to capture their eyes still, because they do have — when you see a picture of a horse race, you can tell they're in this very intense competition. You can tell that in their eyes."