The Trail of Painted Ponies, Collectors Edition

I bought this book after I got my first Painted Pony collectible and saw what that one carefully chosen piece did for a new cowgirl bedroom. You could go nuts very easily with these. I went through and put 36 more on my Christmas list. just to make it easy for everyone...The book is great, as you get to see the full sized horses and the artists working on them. It's quite a project. Very good book for horse lovers, collectors, artists and decorators.

We have a horse crazy granddaughter. We bought her the Medicine Horse then saw that there was a book describing the artists and the stories of the various painted ponies. The book seems a very good complement to the painted ponies and provides some insight into the artists' objectives.

First of all, the love of and appreciation of the horse combined with an artist's imagination and varied subject matter can only create some form of magic. Some speak to your inner being and fill that spot that you've wondered what was missing. I started backwards by purchasing the resin pieces and then had to know more!! Thankfully, the Native Americans have kept so much folklore alive but also the love and sincere appreciation for THE HORSE. I love to study each horse and then what the artist has shared about his or her journey to the chosen design. If you do not know a real horse, go find one and get to know it. Support the wild horses and the unwanted horses that are killed for meat. What a image it tells of 21st century mankind. The horse has been there for every civilization to succeed. Thank you to the incredible artists that awoke our quieted spirits to one of renewed appreciation & beauty.

A beautiful book. The range of art work and photography is spectacular. A book to treasure and share with others.

I bought this book in paperback at the same time that I bought four horses from a store and then--using the book as a guide--ordered two more from the web site. It tells a great story and is a pleasure to have. My only complaint is that the book focuses on telling a story with larger photos of a very small number of the horses, and then gives each of the **many** other horses in the collection nothing more than a thumbnail, literally (twelve 1.5 inch bu 1.5 inch tiny tiny tiny photos). I would strongly encourage the sponsors to do a new edition that gives a quarter page to each horse, and also specifies the material that the horse is made of--I find the ceramic glaze horses generally disappointing.