Executed with individual characteristics and colourings, Joe Fafard takes great care to maintain the dignity and personality of each of his subjects. Like the artist’s sculptures and work depicting cows, horses also play a central role in the artist’s body of work. Particularly important in Fafard’s practice is articulating the importance of livestock in Western Canada as fundamental to the settlement, development and industry of the region. The artist captures the beauty and energy of a foal in “Fiesta Grande”, with its growing mane and tail and a stance that is not quite yet steady.
