Navajo Elder
I have gained wisdom during my many years living in the Navajo Nation. Also, I have suffered the Long Walk and the misery at Bosque Redondo. Our return home was joyous. "The collective trauma of the Long Walk … is critical to contemporary Navajo's sense of identity as a people."
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 24" x 18"
Price: $2,250
The Smile
This pretty is casually sitting cross legged on her horse. Her hand gently cradles her head. What a treat to have her smile at you.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 24" x 18"
Price: $2,250
Beautiful South Dakota Sky
The giant colorful midday cloud intrudes on a stunning day on the South Dakota ranch. Also, a wonderful patterned shadow is on the pasture. The scale of the vista is shown by the size of the ranch house and barns.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 24" x 36"
Price: $3,450
Blessed Rain
The remote areas of the Navajo reservation can have long periods of no rain. Without rain the sheep pasture can dry up. The rain is needed to provide nourishment for the sheep and survival for the sheep herder. When the blessed rain comes, life is reassured. Late in the afternoon, he watches a thunderstorm approaching from the west.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 30" x 40"
Price: $4,800
Hollow Horn Bear
This young man was named after a famous Brule Lakota chief who was born March, 1850 and died on March 15, 1913. His namesake fought in many of the battles of the Sioux Wars, including the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 24" x 18"
Price: $2,250
Young Grass Dancer
I just love when I perform my Grass Dance at the big Pow Wow at the Crow Fair. My attire flows as I dance to prepare the arena, tramping down the grass to enable everyone else to dance.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 24" x 18"
Price: $2,250
Buffalo Soldier
This portrait is one in a series of Faces of the West. He is an African American who, after the Civil War, enlisted in the Army and was shipped to the Western Frontier.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 12" x 12"
Price: $750
The Cheyenne
This portrait is one in a series of Faces of the West. Even with the constant suppression from Washington D.C., this Cheyenne Indian continues to exhibit a defiant and rebellious attitude.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 12" x 12"
Price: $750
The Trapper
This portrait is one in a series of Faces of the West. He ventured far into territory occupied by Native Americans and filled with beaver.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 12" x 12"
Price: $750
Fire on the Mountain
Suddenly, fire on the mountain was roaring on three sides of us. We must turn back and attempt to make our way down the mountain away from the inferno. Wish us success.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 18" x 24"
Price: $2,250
Me and Buck
Me and Buck are partners in this here life. My name is Diamond Jack. Don't know which of us is more ornery, but it works for us.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 18" x 24"
Price: $2,250
First Dance
I had practiced my dance many times with my family to prepare for the big Pow Wow. That security with my family immediately vanished when I first joined the many Pow Wow dancers in a swirling chaos for my first dance. But I did fine.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 24" x 18"
Price: $2,250
Comanchero
This portrait is one in a series of Faces of the West. The comanchero was a mixed blood from Sante Fe, NM, who traded with the Comanche Indians. He was a rough tough guy who dealt effectively with rough tough customers.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 16" x 12"
Price: $1,000
Cautious Descent
Coming down a steep decline with prairie dog holes, it is a cautious descent.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 18" x 24"
Price: $2,250
Tres Amigos
Three bulls were buddies and hung out together. A formidable threesome.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 18" x 24"
Price: $2,250
Catch Me If You Can
The sudden flick of the giant horns causes an instant reaction from the horse. Maybe this longhorn should be left alone.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 18" x 24"
Price: $2,250
Buffalo Spirit
Wearing the traditional headdress of the Comanches brings strength.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 12" x 9"
Price: $590
Buckaroo
The work on a cattle ranch is hard. It is more suited to the young cowboy, like this Buckaroo.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 12" x 9"
Price: $590
Stealing Horses
The hardscrabble desperados have stolen horses in Canada and are driving them south into Montana for sale to customers who would not require a bill of sale. After selling the horses the desperados will rustle cattle in Montana and drive them north into Canada to sell.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 24" x 36"
Price: $3,450
The Horseman
Great pride rules this man. His knowledge of the horse, their behavior and the skill at handling and riding horses are unmatched.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 18" x 24"
Price: $2,250
The Searcher
Young cowboy searching the vast landscape for wild longhorns.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 9" x 12"
Price: $590
Wild Women
The longhorn cows were wild and unpredictable. They would charge a horse like a bull. Pawing the ground, head down, and charge with horns pointing forward.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 18" x 24"
Price: $2,250
Yeibichai Dancers
“The Yeibichai are supernatural beings who created the Navajo people and taught them how-to live-in harmony with the universe”. The Yeibichai dance can be performed only after the first frost.
Original Oil on Board
Size: 16" x 12"
Price: $2,950
White Beard
This “ruff and tuff” guy had an amazing hidden talent. He cooked the most delicious pork chops ever tasted. WOW! They were great.
Original Oil on Board
Size: 13" x 9"
Price: $2,950
Epiphany
The sky gave a sudden perception of the essential presence of God. It was a moment of revelation in the early morning sky in Texas.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 60" x 48"
Price: $8,600
Lady Of The Forest
Wearing a heavy fur robe, the Lady of the Forest can change her shape and perform magic. She lives in the forest, never sleeping, and never eating.
Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 48" x 48"
Price: $6,900
