Mystic Raven Sculpture, by David Caricato
hand carved wood sculpture
SOLD
Mystic Raven Sculpture
Hand Blown Glass Bowl
Long Sun Series #1- Star
Long Sun Series #1 – Star, by J. Nelson
Acrylic on board image: 9.5″ x 7.5″, frame: 10.25″ x 8″
$550 JN1-309
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Wakinyan
SOLD Wakinyan (translates to “Thunder Being” in Lakota), by J. Nelson
Acrylic on board
image: 16″ x 20″, frame: 17″ x 21″
$1,440
JN1-307
“She is Wakan”
In the long ago, in a time before time, Mother Earth was lonely. She asked Sky Father if she might have a companion. Sky Father told her to make a companion of her own and make it well, for she had but one opportunity. Mother Earth made Unk. Mother Earth made Unk like herself but much more beautiful. Mother Earth was very pleased and spent many days with Unk. Soon, because Unk was more beautiful , Earth Mother became jealous. She threw Unk into the water and told her she must never come on land again. Mother Earth again approached Father Sky, complaining she was only allowed one, Unk, but he would allow his daughter Woope (wo-pay) to be company with her. She would have no dominion over Woope. Mother Earth was so pleased with Woope that she gave her command over all of the wings (the birds, and the sky people).
Woope’s first act as a commander of the birds was to send her father the bald eagle, his messenger. She then sent the golden eagle to the thunder being who lived in the west for his messenger, because the thunder being was the protector of the Sky Father. She sent the black and the red birds to the people so they would have the horse and the buffalo. She then called for her godfather, Tate, the wind, and told him he could now use all of the birds except for the eagles to carry his messages to the four directions.
Woope came to the real world twice. The first time was to help her godfather set the four directions of the wind (the four directions of the compass). On this assignment Woope married the gentle south wind. The second time she came as the white buffalo calf woman bringing all of the sacred rights to the Lakota people.
The Lakota believe that if she returns a third time it will be the end of the earth. When she is on a mission representing her father “She IS Wakan”
Morning Star
Morning Star, by J. Nelson
Acrylic on board
image: 8″ x 12″, frame: 8.25″ x 12.25″
$475
JN1-303
This young girl spends her first day in the red sky. The sun is looking upon her and sending her on her way into the real world. The red line that surrounds her is the path that she has chosen for her life and it is her red road. “The Path of Life”
New Paintings by Leland Holiday
New Paintings by Leland Holiday for Red Show at
Spirits in the Wind Gallery
Usually Leland creates Native American and Wildlife paintings but for this show a unique twist.
I love the bright colors and personalities which is fun and sassy!!
www.spiritsinthewindgallery.com
As a young boy, Leland was inspired by the paintings of his uncle, Howard Holiday. He started doing pencil drawings when he was seven years old. Thirsting to learn more about art, he started checking out library books. He loved seeing the work of Picasso, Jackson Pollack, and Georgia O’Keefe, but was especially blown away by the work of Jean Michele Basquiat.
In 1990 when he was sixteen years old, his mother brought home a set of acrylic paints. Leland would start painting in the morning and become so caught up that he would forget to eat. His days were filled with the joy of expressing his artwork. He would use anything he could find for materials; spray paint, house paint, found wood, old fence posts, practically anything that provided a surface for his exciting palette of colors. He surprises himself by changing the shading or colors. He never thinks about what someone may think of his work, whether or not they will like it.
Because of the carvings he was creating along with his brothers, he was almost immediately categorized as a folk artist, yet he felt he had much more to offer. About three years ago when he pushed to expand his expression, collectors were afraid to move with his changes and for some time he struggled internally and financially. Fortunately, that battleship finally turned and he is once again enjoying the freedom of painting his personal vision of color and expression.
His wife and family have been his greatest source of encouragement. He doesn’t quite know why he creates the work that he does. He simply feels compelled to create. He feels there is a long road ahead, a good road with great opportunity for expressing his individuality.
1211 Washington Ave., Golden, CO 80401 www.spiritsinthewindgallery.com
303-279-1192
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