Native Americans
"Grandpa's Granny Apples" was inspired by a large apple tree behind my father's home. The myth was that the apples were forbidden and would eat the tummy of anyone who bit into it. Once on a visit at my father's home, there were a number of children, including our three, playing in the backyard. This piece measures 50 inches by 39 inches.
This is a modern and edgy. Jicarilla Apache artist Darren Vigil Gray is a refreshing modern artist. This piece is 13 1/2 inches by 16 inches.
From Jicarilla Apache Mr. Gray uses pastels, pen ink, and a variety of media to create this spectacular portrait. This piece measures 14 inches by 16 1/2 inches.
Made with vibrant colors this beautiful oil painting is fantastic. ?the details such as the bells around the waist add to the authenticity of the subject matter. It measures 24 inches by 30 inches tall.
"Turquoise Boy" Strong influences throughout his life and a natural talent have made Mr. Joe's work stand out among the best. This painting is 13 x 15 inches framed and 7 1/2 x 9 inches unframed.
"Buffalo Robe". Hyrum Joe placed first place at the Santa Fe Indian Market 2009 in the painting category. Hyrum's work depicts Native peoples in traditional dress and activities that are relevant to his people. Joe has a unique painterly style and his colors are as rich as his subject matter is. 9 1/2 inches unframed and 20 x 30 inches framed.
Navajo Pictorial Weaving- depicting Hopi and Pueblo figures is a very unique subject matter. The weaving measures close to 3 by 4 1/2 feet.
Cradle Boards are a traditional carrier for the babies. The young are swaddled in a blanket and tucked down into the Deer skin pouch and bound up tightly before being put on the back of the Mother. Different tribes make different variations of this same idea.
Marjorie Charley from the Burnham area is one the youngest weavers weaving today, still in her twenties and a young mother of four. She has brought us this sweet little hand spun and dyed wall hanging with a single female figure as the focal with Eagle feathers and Navajo sashes as accents. Measures close to 1 by 2 1/2 feet.
"Crusing the Reservation in my Ford" by Burnham artist weaver Helen Begay. Hand spun and dyed Churro blend wool is a Burnham style trait as is the imaginative imagery. The weaving measures close to 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 feet. It has all the characteristics of a fine Burnham weaving with the pictorial, the Yei figures and the Two Grey Hill influences.
"Southern Ute Songs"- by Hyrum Joe who place first this year at the Santa Fe Indian Market 2009 in the painting category. Hyrum's work depicts Native peoples in traditional dress and activities that are relevant to his people. Joe has a unique painterly style and his colors are as rich as his subject matter is.
"Her First Born"= Celinda, Hyrum's wife is the model in this beautiful oil painting, as well as one of his three children. Depicted is a Navajo woman dressed in a traditional outfit caring for her child in a traditional Navajo cradle board. The image size is 17 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches.
"Johnny From Sheep Springs" Oil painting by Hyrum Joe depicts an elderly Native American man wearing traditional turquoise beads while at the same time wearing a Arizona trucker cap. The image size is 7 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches.
"Three Years in the Saddle" Hyrum Joe won first place at the Santa Fe Indian Market 2009, in the painting category. Featured is a portrait of a young Navajo boy on horse back in the Southwestern landscape. His subjects in his portraits are often times his family members. The image measures 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches.
Tom Yazzie- Navajo Folk Art Sculpture Artist- is known for his fine woodcarvings depicting Navajo scenes of silversmiths and weavers. Tom was born in Fort Defiance Arizona in 1930, he has been actively carving since the 1950’s. Tom carves and paints cottonwood, depicting scenes of daily and ceremonial life with great detail and realism. He has a piece in the Smithsonian's American Art Museum.
"Cheyenne Threat"- Depicts one of the warriors the way he might have looked on the morning of the "Battle of the Rosebud" that took place in June of 1876. The Cheyenne tribal medicine men supplied buffalo horns to the warriors that were attached to their war bonnets. The Indian victory at the Rosebud was the prelude to the greater triumph when Lt. Col. George Custer and his command were wiped out eight days later by the same warriors.
"The Victor" by Durango artist Kevin McCarthy. The sculpture is #16 of 20. McCarthy's figures and animals are realistic and tools, clothes and actions are well studied to portray a historically correct depiction. This bronze is hand painted and is displayed on a wooden turnstile, allowing the sculpture to be turned and viewed from any angle.
"Pursuit" by Durango artist Kevin McCarthy is # 1 of 30. The first casting of this dramatic native man in full run. Measuring 40 inches tall includes the base and the tip of the spear.
Stan Sinnett's original pencil drawing is called "Giving Directions". The total measurement with the matting and framing is 27 1/2 inches x 21 1/2 inches. This black and white drawing is being offered from the estate of a California art collector, at a very fair price.
"Medicine Man" by Erla Graham, is a large doll or a carving unique in it's category. Given extreme attention to detailing, Erla has carved the figure and created the costumes and decorated them. The Medicine Man is dancing, wearing a real buffalo skin headress and is holding a real Ermin that is fully beaded. The carved figure stands 23 inches tall.
