Lost and Found III
“Lost and Found III”
24 x 36” Watercolor and Ink on Clayboard
A gemlike glow symbolic of gifts found within a sacred life that all have been given.
Trade Turned Dark
“Trade Turned Dark”
11 x 30” Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Trade beads have a dark history of human enslavement and deception.
Tumble
“Tumble”
11 x 14” Watercolor and Ink on Clayboard
A fiction: a profusion of color, texture and action.
Story Inside a Sioux Tipi
Story Inside a Sioux Tipi
16 x 20” Framed Oil Painting on Canvas
Symbolically, images from Plains Indians winter counts were juxtaposed into the heights of the teepee in this painting, to inspire the thought of the narrative manner in which culture was passed along before recorded history.
Recently returning to the Black Hills area, I have been busily promoting my art this past month. This original painting along with many artworks I have created will be on display at the newly opened Rim Rock Lodge Gallery in Spearfish Canyon from June 30 – 22.
Check out the Rim Rock Lodge website: http://www.rimrocklodge.com
As stated on their site: Rim Rock Lodge is pleased to announce the art opening reception of works by Bonnie Halsey-Dutton on July 7 from 5pm-7pm. Bonnie’s art also will be featured at Rim Rock Lodge from June 30-July 22. To attend the art opening, please RSVP to vacation@rimrocklodge.com or (605) 642-3192. We look forward to seeing you.
The Skirmish
“The Skirmish”
24 x 36” Oil on Canvas
Tales told of skirmishes past are hinted at in this painting. The imagery of U. S. Calvary soldiers being pursued by a Native Americans is inspired by the Ewers Ledger. The original artist of the ledger was a Northern Cheyenne, incarcerated in a fort in Montana Circa 1870 – 1880. The Ewers Ledger is named after the Calvary officer whose descendants inherited it.
The intensity of the battle is conveyed in the original ledger art, by a border of flying bullets, and bullets scattered amongst the two figures. The application of texture and energy to the painting adds to the sense of drama and motion which the scene being depicted inspired. Horses entangled, soldiers dismounted and injured, and the chaos of a mighty skirmish is depicted in the painting. All images told and re-told long after the battle’s conclusion.
Riverside Campsite
“Riverside Campsite”
19 x 26″ Oil on Canvas
Calm and beautiful, at rest with nature…
This original painting along with many artworks I have created will be on display at the newly opened Rim Rock Lodge Gallery in Spearfish Canyon from June 30 – 22.
Check out the Rim Rock Lodge website: http://www.rimrocklodge.com
As stated on their site: Rim Rock Lodge is pleased to announce the art opening reception of works by Bonnie Halsey-Dutton on July 7 from 5pm-7pm. Bonnie’s art also will be featured at Rim Rock Lodge from June 30-July 22. To attend the art opening, please RSVP to vacation@rimrocklodge.com or (605) 642-3192. We look forward to seeing you.
Running Wild
“Running Wild”
24 x 36” Oil on Panel
The shelter of a tipi is a symbol from the past, reminiscent of a nomadic way of life. A life in which mankind lived off of the land and in harmony with nature.
Using juxtaposed imagery on the inside of a tipi, I have rendered horses living in the wild. Their nomadic lifestyle of freedom and living off of the land inspires the same romantic ideal of living in peace and harmony. A time gone by, yet longed for innately.
Red… a power color and one I am increasingly drawn to! Painting with red…
What do you long for innately? For me, it is art. I am happiest when I am doing my artwork, and secondary is showing it… it is mostly about the DOING it!
This original painting along with many artworks I have created will be on display at the newly opened Rim Rock Lodge Gallery in Spearfish Canyon from June 30 – 22.
Check out the Rim Rock Lodge website: http://www.rimrocklodge.com
As stated on their site: Rim Rock Lodge is pleased to announce the art opening reception of works by Bonnie Halsey-Dutton on July 7 from 5pm-7pm. Bonnie’s art also will be featured at Rim Rock Lodge from June 30-July 22. To attend the art opening, please RSVP to vacation@rimrocklodge.com or (605) 642-3192. We look forward to seeing you.
Rend in Time
“Rend in Time”
13 x 20” Oil on Canvas
Tales told of days gone by. The stampeding bison herds of yesterday very nearly became extinct, as their way of life did? A purposeful tear in the canvas of this painting illustrates the passing of time and the sting of history.
It was a near loss of a majestic creature due to a host of political reasons and lifestyle changes… Is it a whole lot different today? Are we equally nostalgic of the threatened species and recently extinct creatures due to mankind’s same selfish pursuits?
I have been re-read reading Barbara Kingsolver’s book, High Tide in Tucson . She has a chapter entitled “In the Belly of the Beast” in which she describes her visit to a Titan Missile Silo just south of Tucson. Reading this, and in light of the escalating unrest in our world, can we really believe mankind will have the sense to control the violence in which we live? Can we stop short of becoming extinct along with the rest of the living creatures on this earth that we should be protecting instead of threatening?
This original painting along with many artworks I have created will be on display at the newly opened Rim Rock Lodge Gallery in Spearfish Canyon from June 30 – 22.
Check out the Rim Rock Lodge website: http://www.rimrocklodge.com
As stated on their site: Rim Rock Lodge is pleased to announce the art opening reception of works by Bonnie Halsey-Dutton on July 7 from 5pm-7pm. Bonnie’s art also will be featured at Rim Rock Lodge from June 30-July 22. To attend the art opening, please RSVP to vacation@rimrocklodge.com or (605) 642-3192. We look forward to seeing you.
Spearfish Canyon
“Spearfish Canyon”
Framed Limited Edition Print
This print is of an original oil painting of one of my favorite spots on earth: Spearfish Canyon in the Black Hills of South Dakota Depicted as seen in full Fall colors, this view of Spearfish Canyon is found near a bend in the road known as Savoy, near Roughlock Falls. Find out more about the beautiful places to visit in Spearfish Canyon.
This print along with many artworks I have created will be on display at the newly opened Rim Rock Lodge Gallery in Spearfish Canyon from June 30 – 22.
Check out the Rim Rock Lodge website: http://www.rimrocklodge.com
As stated on their site: Rim Rock Lodge is pleased to announce the art opening reception of works by Bonnie Halsey-Dutton on July 7 from 5pm-7pm. Bonnie’s art also will be featured at Rim Rock Lodge from June 30-July 22. To attend the art opening, please RSVP to vacation@rimrocklodge.com or (605) 642-3192. We look forward to seeing you.
Dakota Dawn
“Dakota Dawn”
Limited Edition: Giclee Print on Canvas
This original giclee print depicts a Dakota Plains Indian tipi at sunrise.
This artwork, along with many others I have created will be on display at the newly opened Rim Rock Lodge Gallery in Spearfish Canyon from June 30 – 22.
Check out the Rim Rock Lodge website: http://www.rimrocklodge.com
As stated on their site: Rim Rock Lodge is pleased to announce the art opening reception of works by Bonnie Halsey-Dutton on July 7 from 5pm-7pm. Bonnie’s art also will be featured at Rim Rock Lodge from June 30-July 22. To attend the art opening, please RSVP to vacation@rimrocklodge.com or (605) 642-3192. We look forward to seeing you.