Inspired to create by her love of horses… From childhood, with a bucket of crayons and a stack of drawing paper, artist Karen Keene Day evolved through the years, painting various subjects - always including horses - using watercolor, mixed media, zinc etchings and, for the last 25 years, acrylics on canvas as her mediums. Since 1999 her passion for wild horses has taken precedence over all other subject matter. Her dedication to painting these elegant animals is prompted by her goal of raising the public's awareness of wild horses. Karen's mission comes from 23 years of traveling in the USA to wild horse management areas (HMA), managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management. There she observes and photographs free-roaming wild horses. In 1999 the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range on the border of Montana and Wyoming in 1999 propelled Karen into her journey as a "voice" for them. Other locations of inspiration have been Sand Wash Basin, Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Range and Ryan's Gulch, all in Colorado; as well as Cumberland, Georgia and St. Helena's Island, South Carolina, where wild Marsh Tackies (a rare breed of horse, native to South Carolina) can be found. Lately, Karen's primary focus has been on the Spring Creek Herd in the desert of Disappointment Valley in Colorado, located between Durango and Norwood. Noble, majestic, powerful, beautiful....it is these qualities that Karen Keene Day sees in these magnificent creatures and, through her paintings, with color and movement, she reveals their spirituality in a celebration of life. In all scenarios - in their strong family units in the wild, alone, running free or standing still - Karen paints them with rich colors, free of tack and rider. Her painting of horses in pastels, acrylics and watercolors have traveled across the United States and to Spain, to shows, businesses and clients' homes. Her work has been featured in horse magazines Equine Image, Andalusian and Conquistador, including several covers on Andalusian magazine. Karen has been extensively covered by Wildlife Art Magazine and Equine Image, which also represented her in Louisville, Ky at Equitana USA, the leading international exhibition for the equestrian industry. She has given workshops, slideshows and presentations to business groups, artists' associations and school children. Karen and Floyd, married 56 years and live in Ridgway, Colorado, are parents of Mollie, Kellie, Mark (Holly) and have five grandchildren as well as six dogs amongst them all.