This horse might represent the battle, or it might represent escape-a way out for Sisko. Horses are powerful animals and until recently (and even today in small numbers) were ridden into battle. There wasn't a horse present on the Saratoga. Obviously the horse is metaphor (along with the rest of the image). Why is there a horse? The artist doesn't say, so it's up to us to interpret the horse's presence. The death of Jennifer, and concurrently the salvation of Jake and Benjamin, is a key moment in the mythology of the Emissary. It became larger than his own life to him. And, as the Prophets helped him to realize, Sisko lived in this moment for years. This event, this pain, reshapes the Sisko and redirects his life toward Bajor and his destiny. The style, the "naked people" and the "weird cupid style angels" all lend the gravity of history, religion, and myth to this image. Every element meant something in these paintings. Gods using a human vessel to give birth to a child who was destined to become their emissary? Sound kinda familiar? This painting is a retelling of the events of "Emissary" in a classical exaggerated style, much like Renaissance painters would depict religious events which they believed to be factual. Deep Space Nine is infused with religion from day one and is probably as close to mythology as Star Trek was ever willing to get.
You make me sad! Remove those elements and this would be a completely different painting.
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