Ways Of The Old Ones art-code-A74S-01 Inlaid with turquoise

Inlaid with turquoise

Friesian stallion portrait

I chose to create a holy man based on what I have been most familiar…

rhodium plated EcoSilver

Fastening the talisman to the head of a cradleboard allowed the child’s good dreams to pass through the web’s hole

Ways Of The Old Ones art-code-A74S-01 Inlaid with turquoiseAcrylic, 40" x 30" Century old Edward S. Curtis photography capturing the essence of venerable warriors inspired this painting. Equally old are two accouterments for very different mindsets. The heavily beaded and quilled pipe bag carried a peace pipe and tobacco for shared camaraderie, while the backdrop is a buffalo hump shield, symbolically empowered with morning star motifs, hawk bells, and myriad eagle feathers purely for protection in battle