The Painted Pony

Debbie Grayson Lincoln, Laurie Pace, Diane Whitehead and Mary Jo Zorad have as many similarities as they do differences. Their artwork demonstrates a common commitment to a high standard of workmanship. To speak with any one of the four women reveals a commonality in what inspires them and how they choose to live their lives, with integrity and a commitment to doing their work for a higher cause.

The Painted Pony

Carrie Kitley

With an avid love of horses since childhood, I feel a deep connection to this enchanting subject. Through my photography, I am able to capture the soul of the equine spirit as well as the innocence of children, the beauty of nature, and the magic of our quirky and interesting world.

Ghost Dance Photography

Kimerlee Curyl

With a dedicated passion to helping save America’s Wild Horses, Kimerlee’s hope is to inspire others, not only to appreciate the horse’s natural beauty, but to also take an interest in helping preserve their place on this land… the same land that without them we would never have traveled across.

Kimerlee Curyl

Diana Cochran

Diana is a self-taught artist, and started seriously working on her art in February of 2005 after having a kidney removed due to cancer. She has entered a couple of art shows and has done well. She is proud to be a contributing artist to the 2007 Egyptian Event of the Pyramid Society, helping to introduce newcomers to the Arabian Horse.

Saphyre Arabian Art

Fiona Purdy

Fiona paints the Modern Horse in a dynamic vibrant, imaginative style. Her favorite subject is the glorious Arabian horse, however, she does also paint many other breeds. Fiona’s horses seem to break free from the confines of the canvas, leaping through the highly decorative hand painted borders that compliments each horse’s personality perfectly.

Fiona Purdy Art

Documentaries and other Media Projects

HorseSenseandSoldiers

Horse Sense and Soldiers

Horse Sense and Soldiers introduces viewers to three veterans who are experiencing difficulties interacting with their families and going about their daily lives due to PTSD.

Wild Horse Preservation

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Pryor Mountain Wild Mustang Center

The Pryor Mountain Wild Mustang Center is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the Pryor Mountain mustangs, their evolution, history, habitat needs and historical significance.

More News and Information

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Secretary of Agriculture Calls for Alternatives to Horse Slaughter

Animal Welfare Institute has long advocated alternatives to horse slaughtering, along with many others, such as therapeutic riding, riding school programs, or even second careers in a variety of equestrian sporting events.

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With BLM Knowledge: Wild Horses Sold to Kill Buyer by BLM Contractor

What the BLM consistently seems to “maintain” is fraud against the American taxpayer in its Environmental Assessments, a long history of inhumane handling of wild horses, lack of oversight and accountability, a waste of tax dollars, and lies to both the public and Congress.

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Lawmakers Press for Answers on Sale of Wild Horses

Reps. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., and Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar pressing him to explain what role the agency had in selling so many horses to a man the letter calls “a longtime kill buyer.”

Magic, one of the horses that will be traveling to Newtown on a Poolesville-based equine ambulance to help with grieving children, at an event with students earlier this year (From Debbie Garcia-Bengochea)

Local equine transport helps horses headed to Newtown

The horses that a Poolesville horse ambulance was expected to carry to Connecticut are small, but their mission is a huge one: help heal the hearts of the children affected by the Sandy Hook shooting last month.

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Indiana artist gaining international attention

His paintings mimic those of famous abstract and impressionist painters. They appear to be heavily influenced by Jackson Pollock or Vincent Van Gogh. But the artist himself more closely resembles Smarty Jones or Secretariat.

Justin is a nine-year old 1500-pound Friesian horse that began painting two years ago.

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All the Missing Horses

Davis has paid the BLM a total of $17,630 for the animals, far less than BLM has expended to provide them – the agency estimates it costs $1,000 to roundup a wild horse and records show it has paid as much as $5,000 per truckload to ship them to Davis.

Christine Hajek, owner of Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue, feeds carrots to one of the horses at her sanctuary Friday in Mount Airy (Greg Dohler/The Gazette)

Mount Airy sanctuary works to provide horses with safe homes

Incorporated in 2005, the Mount Airy rescue at 17250 Old Frederick Road sits on 109 acres and works to save draft horses from slaughter, abuse and neglect by finding them adoptive homes as trail and schooling horses.