Christmas wish for everyone!

I pray and hope that you will have a place to go where you can join together with friends and relatives tonight and tomorrow for this time of our Creators birth. Maybe get something to eat. Be careful if you are driving somewhere. Wishing you a Merry Christmas.

My wife and I send clothing packages to Lakota Reservations in So. Dakota for children, that they may have something to wear during the cold winter months they have there. I also know it is almost impossible to reach every child there that is in need.
We try though.

Also want to wish you a safe and Happy New Year.

Eye of the Eagle

7 Clans Series painting of the Eagle Clan. My thoughts for this painting took me outside the box, for my relatives and friends of the Eagle Clan. I envisioned something completely different than what I actually put down on the mat. My Mother is of the Eagle clan. As a child I would dream sometimes of being able to fly. I would often wonder how the view would be for the Eagle from his point, being so close to Heaven. Enjoy!

Printing partner.. Dave gets early Christmas gift..

My partner that does all my printing for me just received yesterday (Tuesday) a new 24" format printer from Canon.. So now we can do even larger prints.. The art show in April will be an exciting time for us. We will be able to offer larger prints than what we had before.

Everything is a go for the Art Gallery!

I didn't want to post anything until I had confirmation from the Director of the galleries at the local Art center. Today he told me that I have been accepted for my own gallery. He mentioned that it would be in April. We will need to meet and work out some details. Otherwise I will get some frame work done for my prints I have up to this point, and will continue creating more art work.

I believe there will be a reception on the first day of the gallery, so everyone can come join me as I celebrate life with my art!

Lifetime waiting for this moment..

When you find great emotion that drives you to want to paint, and keep on improving from where you began, and never looking back, then after awhile you all of a sudden find yourself in a place, that now people want to see what you have been doing. My friend Dave that prints my work for me, went to the local Art Center, and mentioned me to the Art Directors. Now they are wanting to meet with me this Sunday. I will take my portfolio in and see where this is going to lead me. This will give me an opportunity to ask them some questions as well. Like having my work appraised!

Hopefully this will lead to my own gallery show. If this happens, then I will be acting like a kid going to Disney Land. Not really knowing how to act! It's good to have friends and relatives. In case you can't tell, I am excited!!!

Edit: The meeting went very well today. The chairman of the galleries said he will present my paintings to the board for their approval. This will be decided on Monday. So I will know something by Tuesday.

7 clans Owl painting..

Ron Jones a professional photographer, took the picture of the owl sitting in the tree. He granted me permission to use his photo as a source picture to paint from. The overall painting turned out pretty nice. I am pleased with it. It is actually my 3rd Owl painting thus far. Now off to see my partner Dave, for some print work. Thanks for looking.

Finishing a portrait of Great Grandfather..

Been hard at it again as usual. It's been a few weeks since I started it, and about to finish it at last. I want to get a few printed so I can hand them out to my siblings at Xmas. Hopefully they will enjoy the addition to their homes.

I also found another Owl photo from a fellow NAPP member, who gave me permission to paint it. I have started that painting and will add it along with the Elk toward the 7 clan series paintings.

When the shadows are long

It is like a God given emotion the way a painting unfolds. When I start a painting sometimes things don't come to me all at once, but as it takes on a life of it's own I can see how I want it to finish.

This is a first of a seven painting set I have started, with the 7 clans of the Otoe Missioura.

The Elk Clan is a large clan in our tribe, and has large families. When I think about Elk or the Deer family, I think about when they move. It is only when the shadows are long. Like early morning or late evening just before dark, they will move out into clearings to graze. Usually Deer hunters will be up in their stands before the sun comes out to try and catch a big buck moving. One of their best defenses is a fog, with long shadows, making them very hard to see. This is what I felt when painting this. Hope you like it.

Good friend of mine lost his wife..

Recently a good friend of mine I work with lost his wife after a lengthly sickness, that people are still puzzling over. Her blood pressure had fallen way off to where her finger tips began to turn black from lack of circulation. She had kidney failure too and was put on dialysis. It sounds pretty much typical in a lot of respects, but she was only 29 years old. My friend Luis is only 30. It makes you wonder why? But then again it is not our place to ask why, just pray for understanding. There always is something good that comes from something bad. We may not see it right away, but we will.
My friend asked me if I would do a portrait of her. I said of course I will. I just finished it after one of my fellow NAPP members was kind enough to make some wooden frames for it. I think the end result turned out very nice. I think my friend will be happy to have it hanging in his home. Thanks for looking..

My friend, I have known all of my life.. I finally got a chance to capture him in a photo and was able to paint him. Actually I did a watercolor brush stroke. I think it turned out pretty good..

Robbie Robertson is the best of Native American musicans in my book..

Tatanka by Airo and Brule Last Buffalo Hunt..