Linda's Art Blog
This blog is for discussions on Art and Design in support of students, artists, and buyers of Art. It is a way to have some fun with my home studio and on-line students and anyone interested in Art History and current events. Comment on this blog as an opportunity to share recent shows and events and thoughts about your own art process.
Entries from March 1, 2013 - March 31, 2013
Honor the Earth
Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 8:07PM ;)
Sacred Bison/22x30 inches/Oil and Gold Leaf on Paper;)
Power Image #7-Connection to Ancestors/30x40 inches/OIl on canvas
A decade ago, we followed Bonnie Raitt, Joan Baez, and the Indigo Girls around Montana for the Honor the Earth Tour. The purpose of those musicians traveling together was to register Native Americans on the Reservations to vote. The Buffalo of Yellowstone were being slaughtered, and the point was to change some opinions in the State Legislature of Montana. It helped but the Buffalo still need support and protection from slaughter. I came home with the music and painted and painted to the double CD until it was scratched. I now have my second copy. The rhythms of the music and the messages transformed my painting. The Power Images that began as moving horses as metaphors for higher power evolved into the connection to ancestors series and that into images of bison. The recently sold charcoal of a resting buffalo references photos of the Yellowstone Bison. They are the remaining herd with a link to the prehistoric bison. I have many full circle moments in my work. Moving from Power Image #7 to the study of cave art to the Legends of Native Americans and now to connection to the only prehistoric mammal still living is a spiral that I am enjoying following. All power is found in circles.
