River Relics

24 x 36″ Oil on Canvas

Not all my paintings are watercolor on claybord. This painting is an oil on canvas piece. I am focused upon the unknown: the hidden remnants of humankind’s mark upon the earth.  In the Lewis and Clark journals, there is an  entry that describes the near capsizing of one of their boats, which resulted in loss of a barrel of  beads.  This missing cargo represented the potential inability to trade and commune with Native American tribes whom they anticipated coming into contact with during their trek across the United States continent. Thus, they are lost to time and have become relics for future generations to find.