Angel Rider - Personal Piece
Acrylic Painting on Canvas – 40x32” (101x811cm)

Angel Rider blends the power of snowboarding with the ethereal, capturing a moment where motion, spirit, and landscape seem to merge into something otherworldly. A lone snowboarder rides at the edge of a frozen expanse, from their form unfurl vast, luminous wings carved from sweeping arcs of white. These wings — made of movement itself — radiate outward like a burst of light against the deep green night, turning the rider into a guardian of the mountains.

Stuart Leonard’s dynamic brushwork brings the snow to life, rippling forward beneath the board as if charged with energy. The distant peaks fade into the glow, anchoring the scene in a familiar alpine world even as the composition steps into the realm of myth and metaphor.

Angel Rider speaks to the feeling every rider knows: that solitary, transcendent moment when the mountain becomes a cathedral, the cold air feels electric, and riding turns into something beyond action — something spiritual.

Striking, symbolic, and full of motion, this piece stands as a tribute to the freedom, grace, and quiet power found in winter’s high places.