“Thunderbird Symbols”

24 x 30” Framed Oil Painting on Canvas

Various icons for the powerfully symbolic form of the Thunderbird are explored in this painting.  The ultimate simplification of the Thunderbird symbol is a cross.  This caused me to ponder the confusion the Christian cross symbol inevitably posed to the first Native Americans introduced to it.  Cultural symbols very likely added to overall miscommunication.

Reminiscent of a time exposure on a camera, the mysteries of the cosmos are included in this image.  This leaves me with the realization that life on this earth is but a blink in time.