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Home Of The
Spirit Animals

By: Cynthia Raschke

No one knows for certain the story of the first foal born in America.

Home Of The Spirit Animals tells the story of five shipwrecked horses from a Spanish expedition in the year 1496. A teen-aged sailor named Diego, the horses and a few pigs wash up on the coast of what is now Texas after swimming away from a hurricane that sinks their ship.

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Author's Inspiration

The inspiration for Home Of The Spirit Animals sprung from the intriguing possibility that the horse was the first major land animal to circumnavigate the globe. From the prehistoric evolution of the species Equus in America to its trek across the land bridge to Asia to its journey west from Europe across the Atlantic Ocean to return to America over five hundred years ago.

Meet The Artist

Some of my paintings express moving forward with grace and some express a feeling of chaos while other paintings show a horse in an abstract atmosphere representing a personal journey.