The Wild Ponies of Assateague Island

Oil on Canvas by California artist Jeane Granada Coutts

The Wild Ponies of Assateague Island is a magnificently large and vibrant work of art by California artist Jeane Granada Coutts.  Jeane completed the work as the center piece of her "New Inspirations" exhibition.  The artwork shows a herd of wild Assateague Island ponies in the sea off Assateague Island, which straddles the states of Maryland and Virginia. The piece is full of movement, life, and a rainbow of color. The scene appears to be at sunrise or sunset as the canvas is vibrant with a full spectrum of color. The horses’ eyes are wide, their nostrils flared, and their manes whipped back giving the impression that the ponies are taking flight rather than frolicking in the surf. Perhaps the ponies live on the Virginia side of the island and are being rounded up for the annual swim to Chincoteague Island (during low tide) to be auctioned off by the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company to raise money for fire and rescue equipment?

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