“Tale of Conflict” 8 x 10” Oil on Panel A simplified version of another of my paintings, this image focuses in on the individual conflict between two warriors. The imagery of a U. S. Calvary soldier being pursued by a Native American, both on horseback, is inspired by the Ewers Ledger. The original artist of the ledger was a Northern …
“Tales Lost to Time” 12 x 36” Oil on Canvas A photo: a blast from the past, just came out from my cousin, on Facebook, and took us all back to “the day”… Here, my cousins, my brother and my aunt and I are all at my grandparent’s home, posing together. (We are in Grandma’s corner: where her chair sat) …
“Terms of Surrender” 9 x 12” Oil on Panel The imagery inside this tipi narrative are inspired by images drawn by a Cheyenne named Making Medicine. It is showing a meeting between Native American Indians and U. S. Calvary. Making Medicine created a book of sketches at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida, ca. 1875 – 1878. It is a painting …
We began our trip to the Southern Hills with a meet and greet event at the Prairie Berry Winery in Hill City. Shirley Jane Hobbs joined us for a lovely luncheon and discussion about artist exchanges and we explored ideas about how one could be managed in the Black Hills again. I am the featured artist at the winery for …
Today we took the group to the Dutton ranch, outside of Faith, SD. It is near Mud Butte and Zeona, if that helps any… HA Both need a detailed map to find them listed. We also visited Dave’s sister Linda Anders and Dennis Hathaway on the Hathaway ranch. Pictured is a photo of an old homesteader cabin, off of a …
Today we woke to rain… with the forecast of more rain! The schedule had a “flex day” built in, so this was it! I went to The Prairie Berry Winery in Hill City to hang an up-coming exhibition, so it will be up when we go there on Saturday for our meet and greet event (noon, for anyone planning to …
As I am nearly beat tonight, a picture is worth a thousand words will have to suffice! We went to the thriving town of Aladdin, WY (Population 15) in which there is an amazing country story: the Aladdin General Store. It is pretty much as it has been for the past100 years! They sell general merchandise as well as souvenirs …
We began our day exploring Prairie Edge Gallery in Rapid City. This is the gallery which represents my art. The group is posing in front of an amazing sculpture, made from paper. It is the art of Patty and Allen Eckman. The complexity of the texture and detail makes it most unusual. Pictured here are four of my paintings, rendered …
Today we went to Kevin Costner’s interpretive center near Deadwood, called Tatanka. Tatanka is Lakota for Bison. This site has a intriguing meld of the history of the bison, and homage to the Native American way of life. In an introductory film of Costner’s dedication speech, he summed it up for me: the history of the Black Hills is one …
The Thin Milk Ride was a very special event which our group was invited to attend. It is hosted by the Swallow and Two Bulls families, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and we were invited by Sandy Swallow Morgan. Sandy and her husband Wayne, showed us how to find it and kindly introduced us to many people. This event …