In Penjinak Kuda Liar, Widayat orchestrates a vivid interplay of motion, folklore, and abstraction. Painted in 1997, this expansive 95 × 145 cm canvas pulses with the energy of a young horse tamer riding a restless steed through a dreamlike landscape. The composition's swirling forms and fractured planes—hallmarks of Widayat’s distinctive visual language—create a sense of rhythm that seems to echo the horse's pounding hooves.

Earthy browns and greens anchor the scene, while flashes of red and gold enliven the terrain, suggesting both physical ground and the psychological terrain of struggle, bravery, and mastery. The boy, rendered with simplified contours and a patterned shirt, becomes both a character and a symbol: human determination set against the unpredictable force of nature.

On the right, a monumental face emerges, observing or remembering, as though the painting itself bears witness to tradition. Widayat merges myth, memory, and movement into a single, enduring dance of man and wildness.