Horsesin ArtAs true spirits

of the old West, equines are top subjects for contemporary regional artistsAt right: A horse bronze welcomes

visitors to Memorial Park in Wenatchee.

Mural at the Rocky Reach visitors center in Wenatchee

Mural on building in downtown Quincy

Above: Weary cowpoke hauls saddle in Winthrop

At left: Petroglyph horses on bookstore in Ephrata

Pony Express rider gallops past the front of the Ephrata post office

Happy horses made from oil drums at the

Grant County Historical Museum in Ephrata

A horse statue rears at the Grant County Historical Museum in Ephrata

Above: Horses race along the south wall of the Grant County Museum. At right: A mural in a museum barn

A carved entry sign at the Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake.

A horse statue at a tack store in Moses Lake

A Moses Lake mural includes Chief Moses, overlooking a Basin landscape

A horse statue keeps watch over a tack & feed store in Wenatchee

Steel cutout at horse property entry near Rock Island

Outdoor mural at tavern in Winthrop

A clear sign that horses are around every bend in Central Washington

Suicide Race competitors stampededown an Omak building exterior

Horses in an Omak mural look out over an Okanogan Highland landscape — and a parking lot

Glass etched by Cashmere artist Artie Bowman