“A couple of years ago I began a series of drawings dealing with imagery relating to the horse and rider. As the drawings progressed, the idea of ceremony began to take over, with horse and rider in a kind of parade formation. My purpose soon became a search to secure a series of stylized drawings which would capture the spirit of that feeling in sculptural form. I was far more interested in a spiritual connection of past and present than a literal one, evoking a kind of symbolic sense of honor to the way horse and rider have been used in ceremonies throughout the history of Durango as well as other areas of the world.”