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Hi Debra,
To me this composition is not at all odd. It's different, but it works. Two bodies, the horse's and the woman's meet at a point on the canvas. And because the horse's body is bigger and longer and horizontal, they do not meet in the center. I say GOOD for that! The landscape looks great, nice high horizon line, and I love how their heads pop up over and between the mountains, and how the sheen on the horse's back is purple like the mountains but describes something so different..
The only thing that bothers me is the face of the woman. I don't like seeing her looking directly at the viewer and grinning. It has a snapshot-y feeling. For some reason I do like the horse looking at the viewer--he/she has such an appealing, human look of understanding that is unexpected. I know this is done from a photo and maybe you are limited to the one photo for reference, but if there is a possibility that you can take more, I would suggest that you explore other expressions and head positions, including having her looking at the horse. Right now they are both looking at a third party, which diminishes the power of the relationship between them.
Alex
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