When she was just a teen, this artist was gifted a mustang mare, descended from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish conquistadors, that had been trained to barrel race. It was a dappled gray with a black mane and legs, caught as a wild filly in Mexico, and it had only one speed. Fast was all she knew. And she would burn that clover pattern at a blazing pace.

Out on the open range, where cattle roam and danger lurks, every cowboy needs to be able to count on his horse to carry him safely, and has a perfect horse in mind. With “Desert Buckaroo,” the artist has chosen a flashy half-Paint Horse half-Appaloosa, dressed in the traditional tack worn by bridle horses in the vaquero tradition of horsemanship.

“Midnight Lullaby” is an artistic tribute to that magical time of day when the hustle and bustle of the day is over, the sun has disappeared like a taillight on the departing day, and beneath the emerging stars and a full moon the night has brought a quiet place of rest to the world.