36 x 48” Oil on Canvas

Visits to modern day rendezvous have been an intriguing glimpse into what life was like for early trapper/trader and Native American gatherings.  During the inception of this trade, items from each culture were highly desirable by the other, and not only goods, but culture was exchanged at the rendezvous.  Rendezvous means “coming together” and until the trade became strained, it was a time of wonderful sharing of trades, stories and survival skills.  All threads of the America we have created today.  This painting incorporates a symbol characteristic of my work: a rend in the canvas.  Symbolic of breakdown over time, this painting shows lucrative trade, but the strain destined to destroy it.  

I just returned from showing this painting along with many others at Western Art Week in Great Falls, MT.  This painting was a hit with the people who came into my display room to see what “Art of the Rendezvous” was all about.