24”x13” #6-cut of new and reclaimed wool on monks clothMost often seen in our American west is a characteristic landform of arid environments, endless vistas of gorgeous colors blending earth and sky. As peaceful as mesas may appear, these are harsh environments, formed of weathered and weakened, eroded rock and uplifting of more resistant rocks by tectonic activity, breaking the sides into a staircase pattern called "cliff-and-bench topography". Since mesas are horizontal rock layers, so was this rug hooked in colorful, blended horizontal rows of every imaginable color of a western sunset. Alone in the vastness, a solitary horse frees itself in the open terrain, energizing our senses with his full-out movement and spirited attitude. The ultimate expression of freedom. The free-roaming mustang population is managed and protected by the Bureau of Land Management under United States law,