Blood, Sweat, Tears
Inspired by ledger art imagery depicting horse round-ups, this artwork is intended to recall the textures and imagery of days gone by, but not forgotten.
The Hunt
The image depicted is of tales told from inside a Plains Indian tipi. This story is of battle.
Strain in Trade
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.
Trade Bead Currency
Those two items, ironically, were largely luxury goods: making westward expansion and trade a fashion-driven enterprise!
Western Wear
The romance of the old west along with the iconographic 1950’s westerns inspired a series of paintings. This western image continues to appear in the collective memory of all that is American.
Studio display
This is the wall leading down the stairs from my upstairs studio. The large painting of the tipi was the start of the entire series that is now absorbing my attention: the rendezvous series. My mother lived near Riverton, WY, and they host an annual rendezvous, sponsored by the 1838 Rendezvous Association. Their website is: http://www.1838rendezvous.com/ This is a truly …
Underpainting
So, I ave begun a new set in my series of The Rendezvous. The Sioux tipi which is at Tatanka, Story of the Bison in Deadwood inspired me. This is an amazing place, conceived and built by actor Kevin Costner, following his making of the Dances with Wolves movie. http://www.storyofthebison.com I took photos looking up through the top of the …
The Creative Process
Here is where I am currently sitting: it is a pile of chaos… organized chaos, mind you, but pretty cluttered. Note to self: clean up desk area! But, the next posts I will be doing are involving the creative process. I am often intrigued to see how creative people work. I have toured numerous artist studios, and enjoyed the sneak …