Broken Barter
The barter was broken, as were promises.
Foreign Currency II (Trade Beads)
The ancient Egyptians made beads, and then the secrets to the process of creating glass beads was lost to time.
Trade Bead Currency
Those two items, ironically, were largely luxury goods: making westward expansion and trade a fashion-driven enterprise!
Trade Bead Hanks
Trade beads were popular currency in early western expansion, and are still sought after today.
Thread of Trade
Our interdependence on one another is a concern, but perhaps could very well be what saves us…
Trade Entwined
12 x 36” Watercolor on Clayboard This profusion of glass trade beads is not only pleasing to look at, but intriguing to contemplate. Mankind has always bartered; as one area of the world had different resources and technologies that the other wanted. Such was so with the early trading of goods in American westward expansion. The trade and inevitable merging …
The Country Register
I had a nice opportunity to have my artwork featured on the cover of a local publication; The Country Register.
Trade Bead Jumble
As I look introspectively as to the “why” that I paint beads, I found the question; “What is your currency?”
Trade Bead Fashion Exchange
Beaver pelts were plentiful to the Native Americans at that time, and they desired items which they did not have the resources or technology to produce.
Ceremonial Connection
This shield reflects the lifeblood connection that the bison provided man.