24" x 48" x 1.5"

Oil on wood

Black floating frame

Burros were brought to the new world by the Spaniards. Some were abandoned or escaped and populated northern Mexico and the southwest US. Once free in the Southwest , burros are now held on reservations with fences.

They were historically used as " cars and pickups". They carried the mother of Jesus, have a cross on their backs and are oft called "God's creatures". They thrive in the southwestern US climate where they are neither cold nor wet. They are said to "cry" when cold. They eat low protein vegetation and are made ill by good grass and good hay. This nutritional requirement makes them little competition to humanity's beloved cows and should not be considered by the BLM to be grass competitors. As such, they are rounded up using helicopters and " eliminated" by our federal government.