Pinto Mustang Galloping

Also titled "The Bringer of Spring"



Prints of this image are for sale in my print gallery: [link]




According to the weather report, it's supposed to get up to about 65 degrees (farenheit) today. Even though it still February, a few things, such as my wife's tulips, are beginning to bloom already. Spring is definitly on its way here. So I decided to do some more spring themed art.

Mustangs are one of those ubiquitous symbols of the American West. Technically, they are feral horses, being descended from domestic stock, but calling them the wild horses of America definitly has a more romantic ring to it. 'Pinto' refers to the horse's coat and means that it has patches of white and another color.

Note: This image uses purchased content. The horse was posed in poser 6 then imported into vue 9 where the rest of the scene was built. Final rendering was done in Vue 9 and took about 3 days on an Intel I5 2.8 GHz with 8 GB of RAM. Post production was done in GIMP.