Assateague Wild Horses, Mare and Foal
This mare and foal are part of the famous wild herd on Assateague Island, a barrier island off the coasts of Maryland and Virginia. I photographed them standing together in a coastal meadow of white wildflowers, their chestnut coats and windswept manes completely at ease. This original photograph is available in a variety of formats, from wall art to gifts.
Warm chestnut tones fill the frame against soft greens and white wildflower clusters. The foal's shaggy young coat presses close to the mare's side, catching the natural light in a quiet moment of wild herd life.
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📍 Assateague Island
Assateague Wild Horses Photography Print
I had been searching for the Assateague wild horses for quite a while when I suddenly found this mare and foal standing together in a coastal field. After all that looking, there they were, quiet, calm, and surrounded by soft summer wildflowers like they had stepped straight out of the island landscape.
This original Assateague wild horse photography print is a thoughtful gift for horse lovers, coastal wildlife art collectors, and anyone drawn to quiet natural moments. Available on archival fine art paper or sublimated aluminum metal, printed to order in my New Hampshire studio and shipped directly to your door.
📍 Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland, USA
Assateague Wild Horses Photography Note Card
The perfect note card for the horse lover, coastal traveler, or wildlife fan in your life — an original photograph of a wild mare and her foal among the meadows of Assateague Island.
My original photograph captures a chestnut mare and her foal standing close together in a meadow on Assateague Island, the foal tucked beside its mother in soft grasses and white coastal wildflowers. This is the kind of quiet wild horse moment you wait for, not one nature poses for, gentle, protective, and entirely on the horses' own terms.
Each note card is printed to order on heavyweight Red River Linen cardstock, with the photograph filling the front and the inside left open for whatever you want to write. Archival inks hold the warm chestnut tones against the soft meadow greens, and every order ships with a matching envelope and protective sleeve. Hand-finished in our New Hampshire studio, this is a thoughtful greeting card to send for a birthday, a thank you, or simply to anyone who would rather have a real wild horse moment than another glitter-covered card from a grocery store.
📍 Assateague Island
Assateague Wild Horse Mare and Foal Desk Mat
Wild Assateague mare and foal share a quiet coastal moment that turns an ordinary desk into a small window onto the island.
I photographed this Assateague mare and her foal standing close together among coastal grasses, where the island's wild horses move through dunes, marsh, and open field with the Atlantic always close by. The foal leaned into her mother, an unplanned gesture that made the whole scene feel personal rather than staged.
This desk mat brings that moment to a home office, coastal cottage desk, or creative studio in warm chestnut and green tones. Printed in my Henniker, New Hampshire studio with fade resistant color, it turns a real wild encounter into everyday desk mat photography.
📍 Assateague Island, Maryland
Assateague Wild Ponies Mouse Pad
No fence, no farm, no staged photo shoot, just two wild Assateague ponies leaning on each other exactly where they belong, now leaning on your desk too.
These wild ponies live on Assateague Island, a barrier island off Maryland and Virginia, and I found this pair standing close together in the coastal grass, the younger one leaning into the older with a small, affectionate gesture. No fence, no farm, just two wild horses exactly where they belong.
That same warm chestnut color against soft green grass holds up at 9.25 by 7.75 inches of smooth polyester with a quarter inch rubber base, sized for a laptop desk or a small office corner. This moment happened on the island itself, not a farm or a stock ranch photo.