A selection of public horse art in Central Washington.

1. Horses in Art As true spirits of the old West, equines are top subjects for contemporary regional artists At right: A horse bronze welcomes visitors to Memorial Park in Wenatchee.

2. Mural at the Rocky Reach visitors center in Wenatchee

3. Mural on building in downtown Quincy

4. Above: Weary cowpoke hauls saddle in Winthrop At left: Petroglyph horses on bookstore in Ephrata

5. Pony Express rider gallops past the front of the Ephrata post office

6. Happy horses made from oil drums at the Grant County Historical Museum in Ephrata

7. A horse statue rears at the Grant County Historical Museum in Ephrata

8. Above: Horses race along the south wall of the Grant County Museum. At right: A mural in a museum barn

9. A carved entry sign at the Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake.

10. A horse statue at a tack store in Moses Lake

11. A Moses Lake mural includes Chief Moses, overlooking a Basin landscape

12. A horse statue keeps watch over a tack & feed store in Wenatchee

13. Steel cutout at horse property entry near Rock Island

14. Outdoor mural at tavern in Winthrop

15. A clear sign that horses are around every bend in Central Washington

16. Suicide Race competitors stampede down an Omak building exterior

17. Horses in an Omak mural look out over an Okanogan Highland landscape — and a parking lot

18. Glass etched by Cashmere artist Artie Bowman