A quick announcement… The International Guild of Realism selected my painting of a young girl from the Mdewakanton Dakota Sioux powwow, Little Dancer, for their 2011 exhibition at The Sage Creek Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico September 30 – October 22, 2011. The opening reception will be Friday September 30, 2011, […] Read more »
Dressed for the Powwow
This is another work from my series of paintings from the Mdewakanton Dakota Sioux tribal dances (and their attending guests from various tribes) that are hosted in our area. This is a young lady that had just been a part of a dance several minutes prior, and was scanning the crowd, […] Read more »
Collection for the Clymer Museum of Art
I am very pleased to have been invited to show in the Clymer Museum of Art’s Miniature show, a part of the ‘Annual Clymer Spectacular’ that will be on display November 5th to January 2nd 2011 in Ellensburg, Washington. I will be showing a variety of subjects for the exhibit… A […] Read more »
“Misun Dance” Debut in NY for “Portrait”
I am pleased to post that my new painting, “Misun Dance” (Watercolor on Board, 5×7), will debut at the Huntington Arts Council’s exhibition, “Portrait”, tomorrow evening in New York. (Misun, pronounced ‘Mee-soon’, means Little Brother in Lakota Sioux) Read more »
Young Native American Girl Portrait in Miniature
I was in the mood for some color a few days ago, after painting so many earth tones in my wildlife paintings, so I started on this little piece, which is now nearly complete. This is a smaller miniature, only around 4×6 in, of a young Native American girl in […] Read more »
‘Wacipi Legacy’ Miniature Portrait
This painting was awarded the Robert & Leslie Starke Award for the Best Work By A Young Artist at the International Miniature Art Exhibition in Dunedin, Florida earlier this year. The image is watercolor on ivorine and smaller than 25 sq inches. The painting is of a young Native American woman in […] Read more »
Powwow Dances
Amazing day – I went to the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Powwow. Hundreds of beautiful bustles and jingle dresses for the dancing competitions – tribes beating the large drums together and singing for the vocal competitions. Everything was very impressive. :D (I didn’t, however, get the chance to go […] Read more »