Wild Horses at North Boulder Holiday Market

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This weekend, December 14, 15 from 11-4 and next weekend December 21, 22 from 11-4, I will have a booth at the NoBo Holiday Market in North Boulder, Colorado. Come and visit if you are in town and shopping. I’ll have cards, matted prints, ornaments, totes, pillows, books and 2025 Calendars, and of course wall art from little to big.

Carol Walker’s Artwork at Two Shows in Colorado

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Carol’s work will be at two shows both opening this week on the Front Range of Colorado – the first at the Holiday Art Market at Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado with artwork from artists all over Colorado. Carol has ornaments, cards, matted prints, wall art, calendars and books. This event goes from this Saturday, November 23 until Sunday …

No Foal Left Behind in Stewart Creek

Carol WalkerWild Horse Tales

No Foal Left Behind in Stewart Creek by Carol J. Walker I had an amazing encounter with a family of wild horses in Stewart Creek in Wyoming in June. I walked out to an area where there were several families of wild horses. One extremely colorful family of horses ran by me, looking at me as they went to my …

Looking Glass Protects His Family

Carol WalkerWild Horse Tales

When I visited Looking Glass and his family last month in Lost Creek, Wyoming the first thing I noticed was how tense Looking Glass was. He is normally a very relaxed stallion, easy to approach and spend time with. He kept looking north. I realized quickly that I was not the cause of his tension. The reason for Looking Glass’ …

Meet Donata, Lost Creek’s Newest Wild Appaloosa Foal

Carol WalkerWild Horse Tales

by Carol J. Walker As I was driving in Lost Creek before dawn, I was in an area where I had been used to seeing the wild Leopard Appaloosa Looking Glass and his family. I had not seen him, however, since last October. Suddenly I saw horses off the road, a huge group which as soon as I got out …

Wild Salt Wells Creek Stallion is a Survivor

Carol WalkerWild Horse Tales

In the spring of 2013 while I was visiting and photographing the wild horses of Salt Wells Creek, I encountered a stunning blue-eyed stallion who made me laugh with his funny expression, listening to a stallion behind him and his family.   I had no idea that I would encounter him again  – there were roundups in Salt Wells Creek …

The Story of a Curly Cremello Colt

Carol WalkerWild Horse Tales

On a beautiful morning in May 2020, I was photographing family bands of wild horses as they left where they were drinking along a creek in Salt Wells Creek. They were moving to an open area where they would spread out and graze and nap. Suddenly I caught sight of a tiny cremello foal with a dark buckskin mare. As …

Meet Wild Stallion Gadriel and His Colorful Family

Carol WalkerWild Horse Tales

In May, as I was looking for wild horses in Arapahoe Creek, I saw several bands at a distance. I looked for a two track that might take me nearby, and was soon traveling toward three wild horse families. One of these families had a gorgeous black and white stallion and three pinto foals, a stunning dappled grey mare and …

Hope for Wild Horses as the Day Dawns over Salt Wells Creek

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I am calling this piece “Hope.” Two weeks ago I was driving toward a mountaintop waterhole and the sun began to rise. As it peeked over the hill I could see a family of wild horses standing in front of the rising sun. And suddenly I heard the thunder of hooves – many hooves! There was a huge group of …

A New Family for a Red Desert Complex Stallion

Carol WalkerWild Horse Tales

In September of 2020, I met Abelardo and his family for the first time when they were getting a drink of water in the morning in the Red Desert Complex in Wyoming. I was stunned by his beautiful markings, and enjoyed watching his large family, which included a cremello mare and foals, and a grey mare and her black foal. …