Melody Perez Blazing Her Own Trail for the Wild Mustangs Relocating just over two years ago from the east-
ern mountains of the Carolina’s, artist Melody Perez of ‘Running Horses Studio’ is blazing a trail across the west as she paints the Wild Mustangs. Just weeks after her arrival to the moun- tains of NW Colorado, the fire of creativity was ig- nited on canvas of the first of many original por- traits of our west’s greatest iconic symbols, The American Mustang.
Perez captures the spirit and the essence of these remarkable Living Legends on canvas, as her
sion is refueled with each new subject she re- creates. What started as a re-birth of creative re- lease has turned into a life’s mission to bring
awareness to the masses, of the plight of one of our nation’s greatest re- newable resources, its wild mustangs.
“In my opportunities to photograph them on our public rangelands, meet
them face to face in training, witness their diverse abilities and willingness in competitive events, and visit mustang sanctuaries, I have gained a deep appreciation and affection for their special spirit of freedom, strength and grace,” says Perez. “They have given so much to our society from the beginning of our country’s roots. They have healed broken hearts in therapeutic service. To lose them from our lands would be terrible and would constitute a great disgrace to our nation.”
With over 48,000 captured wild mustangs now held captive in short and
long-term holding facilities across the nation, and less than 22,000 estimated to remain on public rangelands, it’s become the mission of ‘Running Horses Studio’ to share the ‘mustang gospel’ message. It became apparent to Perez that it was time to take that message on the road with the Mustang Mansion Road Tour.
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