STEPPIN' ON THE SUN

INSPIRED BY A HORSE I RODE FOR YEARS WHILE CARING FOR KIDS WITH CANCER AT THE IMUS RANCH IN NEW MEXICO.

POCO BUENO WAS HER NAME. I NAMED THIS PAINTING " STEPPIN' ON THE SUN " IN HONOR OF ALL THE KIDS WITH THEIR HORSES, WHO PERSEVERED WITH GRIT AND DETERMINATION -

PROVING THAT THE IMPOSSIBLE WAS POSSIBLE.  REPRESENTING POCO BUENO'S GRIT IS A MAGNIFICENT HEADBAND 

"CROWN" METICULOUSLY CRAFTED OF OLD ROSECUT MOTHER OF PEARL WHICH IS ENHANCED BY A BLUE-GREEN KINGMAN TURQUOISE HALO.

IN HONOR OF THE BRAVERY WE WITNESSED, IN SO MANY CHILDREN, HER LEG IS ADORNED WITH A DEEP RED CARNELIAN BRACELET OF COURAGE.

60" X 60" (5FT X 5 FT) GO" X 60" (5FT X5 FT)

PREDOMINENTLY OIL FROM HANDMADE RF OIL STICKS.  MY TERRAIN (GESSO, ACRYLIC COLORS MIXED WITH COARSE MOLDING PASTE, DIRT AND CHARCOAL ON GALLERY WRAPPED CANVAS WHICH IS HAND STRETCHED ON AMERICAN PINE.