This is a very special image to me. The horses,
Tia and Scout, belonged to my friend Debbie. She recently had to sell
them and it just broke her heart to have to let her ‘babies’
go. The cat, Jack, is one of mine. I came up with the idea for this
picture from a memory of one day when Deb and I were riding. She was
running the horses in the round pen and one of her cats was hanging
out in the pen with her while the horse galloped around them. He was
playing with the whip when it was not in use. It was just so neat
to see this little cat sitting calmly in the ring as the horses thundered
around him waiting for the whip to stop cracking so he could play
with it. What a great lesson for dealing with life. So Circle
of Fiends was born to capture memories,
to represent the beauty and funny quirks of life and to honor a wonderful
friendship.
