The drawings and sculpture of Debi O'Hehir reflect the immediacy and intensity with which she lives her life. The fluid, high spirited, and seemingly effortless energy in her work belie the years of disciplined figurative study and search for her unique voice.

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Her "voice" is the visual song with which she expresses her unbounded connection to the horse. At once, a celebration of horse-ness and human-ness, the works could nearly be self-portraits, expressed as 'horse' and inspired by a lifetime of contact, physically and emotionally, with the animal.

Her ink drawings are unedited. The lively way in which she directs such a mercurial medium, captures beautifully, the raw, unedited energy of horse-being. Her sculptural work, mostly in wire and bronze, is similarly energized and evocative.

The pieces resonate with a deep sense of connection to the horse, unhindered by time and place, or the 'interference' of the artist's hand. She manages to express simply and gracefully, all of herself and none of herself, at the same time.