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This painting is from a photo I took in Utah of the Onaqui range herd in June, before they were rounded up in July. 435 of 475 horses, including very young foals, were rounded up by helicopter, separated from their families and shipped off to holding facilities to join 50,000 other wild horses currently held in pens. As I watched these horses for hours interacting with each other and relaxing near a water source I had a powerful sense of belonging. The wind was whipping, the sun shinning, the sound of the wind was in my ears. Just the elements of wind earth and horse. That’s the feeling behind this painting. This horse has a quiet strength and perseverance that says I deserve to be here, to occupy this space, to breathe this air. This horse asks nothing of the viewer, other than this. To allow him to be.
