
New Releases for 2011
The Heard Fair in Phoenix has been part of my show schedule for the past 12 years. It’s definitely one of the best shows I exhibit at and I’m proud to be included. Each year I take my newest embossed paper editions to debut. Here’s a preview of this years works.
A friend of mine. Emil Her Many Horses, was part of my inspiration for one new piece. Emil is an incredible artist and I respect and admire him greatly. We talked last fall about his family name and the fact, I had a piece in mind titled “Her Many Horses”. A horizontal print of seven horses, features a few of the horses highlighted with gold.
That idea led to another work of women’s dresses. I’ve done several miniature dresses in mixed media and was inspired to do four ladies’ dresses in a vertical format, titled “Her Many Dresses” with embossed paper. Each dress is different but all in a Plains style, simulating dentalium shells, beads, trade cloth, buckskin, and elk teeth with random gold highlights.
The third piece is of dragonflies. This is the second image of dragonflies I’ve done. The light hitting their wings and the metalic brilliance has always intrigued me. They come to my garden each summer like a squadron of soldiers, taking care of mosquitoes.
After a cold winter, it’s great to be in Phoenix the first weekend in March. The show will be held March 5 and 6, at the Heard Museum. Many of the nation’s best Native American artists will have their best works there. The Museum Guild does an outstanding job coordinating this event.