Western Icons
Symbols lend sense of belonging and order. In America, we tend to still identify with where we came from…” My mother was English and my father was Irish” for example.
Altar to the West
“Altar to the West ” 11 x 18” Watercolor on Paper Knowledge and love of the west is kept alive in the American culture through larger than life representations. This collection of western attire represents homage paid to the old west as an offering to the present as well as the past. I have recently completed a series of watercolor …
Devils Tower
This is a watercolor on stretched watercolor canvas, of Devils Tower in Wyoming. Famed for it’s legend and lore, it rises from the prairie, this now National Monuement was also known as Bears Lodge. It remains a sacred site for many Native American Indians. This painting is rendered from a distant photo I took, approaching Devils Tower from Hulett, Wyoming. …
Moreau River Scene
This watercolor is painted from a photo I took on my husband’s family ranch, bordering the Moreau River in western South Dakota. Miles from anywhere and in the middle of everything: a beautiful region. The Moreau River fluctuates from a shallow moving stream to a raging over the banks river, depending on the season and amount of precipitation. I truly …
Bear Butte in Haze
My father owns property on Mount Roosevelt, outside of Deadwood. This mountain named after Teddy Roosevelt, and has a monument to him, dedicated by Roosevelt’s good friend, Seth Bullock. It is a quaint little castle tower, reminiscent of a European trip the two friends took together. Who says South Dakota doesn’t have castles! Read more about this monument, called Friendship …
Message Behind the Shield
“Message Behind the Shield” 11 x 32” Watercolor & Gouache on Paper The years pass… now it is 2011! Markers for events from each year on this earth have been left by mankind, and continue to be discovered and analyzed today. A life lived, a need to record it, appears to be a human trait. Objects contain stories, and nothing …
Symbols
I love exploring symbols. I began thinking about symbols when teaching elementary education, along with being a new mom. Seeing my child and my students relying on the very same symbols I remember using as a child was exciting to me. Happy houses… suns in the corner. They started finding their way into my art. See my website Gallery, where …