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mooseplums

05/09/2019 11:38AM

This is a grant project piece for a larger body of work titled "Indigenous America: A Cultural Heritage" I was awarded a grant by the McKnight Foundation to produce this project. There will be a minimum of 10 new paintings for this project.
In this piece, I wanted to show the aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre, and the loss of Indigenous Cultural heritage through the eyes of a child.

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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dicecupmaker

05/15/2019 01:36AM

Very nice!!!

Joy is a great teacher, but so is dispair. Wonder is a great teacher, but so is confusion. Hope is a great teacher, but so is disillusionment. And life is a great teacher, but so is death. To deny yourself any of those in any aspect is not experiencing life totally.

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mjmkjun

12/23/2019 10:13AM

Absolutely beautiful capture. Didn't know this forum existed till now. Have you painted more or can you post more of this project? The sorrow and bewilderment are so profound in the child's eyes I'd swear you were there walking the hard walk.
Still have that snow owl hanging in my living room. :)

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton

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SaganagaJoe