This is Hawk, a wild stallion of the Sand Wash Basin. He is a satellite stallion in Brave's band. Satellite stallions carry a lot of responsibility in their family bands. They watch over the mares and foals, they engage in battle against stallions who try to come and steal mares from the band. Hawk is an exceptionally beautiful, but very intense stallion. He was born in 2009. He takes his job very seriously. On this day he had narrowly missed getting kicked in the head by another stallion. The other stallion's tail is just outside of this picture. It was a close call. Special thanks to Claudia Holt for allowing me to use her photo as reference for the painting. When this painting is sold the proceeds will be donated to the Wild Horse Warriors to be used for the safety and protection of the wild horses of the Sand Wash Basin.
- Subject Matter: Equine