“To and From Crazy Horse” 11 x 30” Watercolor and Gouache on Paper Crazy Horse, a powerful Sioux chief, unified the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes to resist the United States Government. The era in which he lived and fought were called the Indian Wars. Along with steady encroachments on Native American land, the Indians were killed with bullets as well …
“Reno’s Retreat” 36 x 48” Oil on Canvas Amos Bad Heart Bull recorded a dramatic image of Reno’s retreat in a ledger book in which he rendered stories of the Oglala Lakota. His image of Reno’s retreat, and the still to this day debated details of the famous battle, inspired this painting. Upon his death, Amos’ ledger book was given …
This is a detail of a painting I am just finishing up with: it is depicting Sitting Bull’s vision of soldiers falling into camp, which preceded the Battle of the Greasy Grass… or Battle of the Little Big Horn… or Custer’s Last Stand… it goes by many names. I am interested in combining images in my paintings: it adds layers …