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Spirits of the Seasons Ref: PP12300
Artist: Caroline Carpio

Made of resin; Measures 6" high

This Painted Pony is part of The Tribal Collection. It honors authentic Native American arts and heritage: Artist Caroline Carpio is a Pueblo native and an award-winning potter who adds unique twists to the shapes and designs of her pottery. Wanting to honor the horse for its ability to live in harmony with nature, she adorned her Pony with embossed designs that symbolize the natural forces a horse endures during the four seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. Artfully accompanied by a traditional Native American pot decorated with a with a Kiva step pattern, this elegant Painted Pony captures the magic of the original Masterwork, which was one of the Heard Museum Guild 50th Anniversary Painted Ponies benefiting the American Indian Student Art Endowment.

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Price: £42.50 / $70.13 (Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Thunder Horse Ref: PP12298

A Native American story, Thunder Horse, describes how the Thunder Horse would descend from the sky to the mountain tops. The thunder and lightning was caused by the tramping of the horses' hooves. Rain would accompany the thunder and lightning then the rain would cause the crops and grass and trees to grow and be happy.

The artist of Thunder Horse, Barbara Brown, used to tell the story of Thunder Horse to her grandson when he was scared of thunderstorms. After hearing the story, when he heard thunder he would smile and say, 'Grandma, there's the Thunder Horse.' Today she dedicates this Painted Pony to her grandson.

A brilliant blue showcases the brown mountain peaks. The head of the pony shows clear blue skies. The center of Thunder Horse has a major thunder bolt. The rear of Thunder Horse shows a field of stars - the storm has passed. Made of ceramic. Dimensions: 7"

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Price: £29.50 / $48.68 (Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Twilight Ref: PP12304
Resin

Artist: Kathy Post

For as long as stories have been told, fairies have captured the imagination of people fascinated by these whimsical creatures. Often depicted as beautiful, young and sometimes winged women of small stature who are as delightful as they are mysterious (and who usually appear at twilight), fairies have the power to magically assume different animal forms. This incredible ability has inspired many creative and artistic interpretations. In the hands of this talented California artist, we discover this entrancing "Fairy Pony."

As a young girl, Kathy Post dreamed of doing something special with her art; yet, she grew up in an era where people told her art was a hobby, not a job that would support her. So it remained a hobby for many years, during which she experimented in different mediums. It was in 2005 that, quite by accident, she discovered the world of Rubber Stamp art and, over the past four years, she has developed her art into a cottage industry, creating gorgeous designs and manufacturing them into Rubber Stamp art. The moral to her story? "Always keep the dream alive and, when you least expect it, in an unplanned and odd way, it will come true."

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Price: £40.00 / $66.00 (Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Zuni Silver Pony Ref: PP12303
Resin

Artist: Lynn Bean (Zuni Tribe)

This Painted Pony is part of The Tribal Collection. It honors authentic Native American arts and heritage: The Zuni Tribe of New Mexico is known for its elaborate jewelry and superb silverwork, inlaid with hand-carved precious and semi-precious stones (turquoise, jet, coral and mother of pearl) that represent animals and spirits and are said to have mystical significance. Working with designs found on old Zuni silver jewelry, this artist incorporated images of Rainbow Man - the Zuni symbol of the supreme Kachina spirit of harmony and healing - the Thunderbird and a Dragonfly, onto a Pony, endowing it with the power to master the unpredictable forces normally beyond our control.

One of the most versatile and talented artists in the Official Trail of Painted Pony Artist stable, Lynn Bean spends her summers in Oregon and her winters in southern Nevada, creating magical artwork, which she sells in galleries and at art festivals across the country.

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Price: £40.00 / $66.00 (Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Crow Fair Pony Ref: PP12302
Resin

Artist: Sonja Caywood

This Painted Pony is part of The Tribal Collection. It honors authentic Native American arts and heritage: Every August since 1904, Crow Agency, Montana has held a fair designed to celebrate and preserve early Crow culture and customs. A summer destination for Native Americans from all over North America, it features a parade, rodeo, relay races, Native dancing, contests and colorful exhibitions of beadwork. American flags fly high above the teepee poles in honor of Crow soldiers who served in the American military. For over 100 years, this artist's family has lived as ranchers on the Crow Reservation, giving authority and authenticity to her artistic tribute to the Crow Fair.

Artist Sonja Caywood was privileged to have grown up ranching the old-fashioned way - with a mess wagon, tents, teepees and a rope corral in the Bighorn Mountains on the Crow Indian reservation. Living so closely tied to land steeped in the history and spirit of the Cowboy and Native culture turned her into an artist at an early age. The love of that land inspires much of her art today. "I want my art to engage the viewer to stop and take in the beauty around us in this quickly changing place and time, to identify with our landscape in this slice of soon-to-be history."

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Price: £40.00 / $66.00 (Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Keeper Of The Sacred Fire Ref: PP12301
Resin

Artist: Cheryl A. Harris (Potawatomi Tribe)

This Painted Pony is part of The Tribal Collection. It honors authentic Native American arts and heritage: The Potawatomi Indians were a peaceful tribe known as the "Fire Nation" because, before the arrival of Europeans, they maintained the Council Fire once shared by other tribes living on the shores of the Great Lakes. Relying on canoes, they fished, gathered rice, hunted deer and were known for their elaborate flower and scroll designs on mat and basket weavings. Their history took a tragic turn with their forced relocation to the Indian Territories in Kansas and Oklahoma in 1838. "Keeper of the Sacred Fire" is a powerful and moving tribute to the enduring spirit of the Potawatomi, created by an artist who grew up along what came to be known as one of the Trail of Tears.

Cheryl A. Harris, who currently works from her studio in Covington, Indiana, exemplifies artistic versatility. She has a degree in Visual Art & Design which prepared her for work as a technical product illustrator. For 14 years, she served as an art director for an advertising and marketing firm, where her responsibilities included art direction, design, illustration and product supervision of advertising and marketing materials for a variety of clientele, including local and national accounts. Adding to her commercial portfolio, she has also pursued a successful career in the fine-art field, painting and drawing and creating large-scale murals. A participant in numerous juried fine-art festivals, with a variety of gallery exhibitions to her credit, she has donated her talent to numerous charitable causes and auctions.

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Price: £40.00 / $66.00 (Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Dream Horse Ref: PP1299
Ceramic

Artist: Janee Hughes

"When I was a child I, read every horse book I could find," writes Janee Hughes, a multi-talented artist from the Pacific Northwest. "My imagination soared with visions of magnificent steeds, each one faster, stronger and more beautiful than the last. This Pony depicts today's children, who still read the same wonderful stories." Recently, The Trail of Painted Ponies held a short-story contest, inviting collectors to compose a tribute to the Pony that most inspired them. The winner was so moved by "Dream Horse" that she wrote, "Even today, you can still find me lying in the grass reading horse stories and dreaming of horses galloping through my pasture."

Janee Hughes has been painting and drawing all her life; but 31 years of teaching art left her little time for her own work. Since retiring in 1997, she has been able to do more painting and exhibiting. Her work usually is realistic and involves animals, especially horses. As a lifelong rider, horses are her favorite subject matter. Janee has also done work involving carousel animals. She has sold cartoons to newspapers and catalogs. She has combined her art with writing to produce several children's books. And, through her Painted Ponies, she continues to amaze the world with her demonstrations of how diverse a canvas the horse can be.

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Price: £30.00 / $49.50 (Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Crazy Horse Ref: PP012264
From the Trail of Painted Ponies Collection: "Crazy Horse"

Artist: C J Wells

Made of Resin; Measures 6" tall

History books describe Crazy Horse as a respected war leader who fought against the U.S. government in an effort to preserve the traditions and values of the Lakota way of life. He was that and much more. As a young man he had a vivid dream of a horseback rider, with lightning zigzagging down his cheek and a turquoise earring in one ear, who looked up to see a red-backed hawk fly overhead. When he related the dream to his medicine man father, Crazy Horse was told he would achieve future greatness in battle. A lifetime of victories on the battlefield followed, culminating with his triumph over George Armstrong Custer at the Little Bighorn. No photographs of Crazy Horse exist, but with this Pony C J Wells, a Native "artist warrior" herself, has given him a high-voltage interpretation.
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Price: £32.50 / $53.63 (Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Cheyenne Painted Rawhide £30 Ref: PP12242
From the Trail of Painted Ponies Collection: "Cheyenne Painted Rawhide"

Artist: Liz Chappie-Zoller

Made of Resin; Measures 6" tall

An appreciation of all earthly and spiritual gifts in the Native American culture and traditions led this gifted Montana artist to create a Painted Pony that honored an authentic Native art form not widely known. After thoroughly researching the Cheyenne woman’s tradition of painting abstract designs of spiritual significance on dressed, buffalo hides, Liz conceived of a Painted Pony design that, in the words of a tribal elder, “is a beauty and has won my heart.” The original “Cheyenne Rawhide Pony” was selected as Best of Show by Southwest Art Magazine in “The Native Art of Horse Painting” competition.

Price: £30.00 / $49.50 (Including VAT at 17.5%)

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