This work reimagines Rufino Tamayo’s iconic Horse and Lion through a fiery, contemporary lens. Set against a charged red landscape and a searing yellow-green sky, the scene pulses with primal confrontation: the horse, caught in a moment of alarm; the lion, poised and near-mythic; the serpent, coiled at the edge of action. McCaskill’s stylized forms and bold palette evoke the symbolic power found in Tamayo’s work—where animals are never just animals, but ancient forces, messengers, or memories. This tribute honors the emotional gravity of Tamayo’s vision while asserting a fierce, personal interpretation of wildness, fear, and survival.