Showing posts with label Cherokee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cherokee. Show all posts

Thursday, May 30, 2013

War Bonnet - Talisgohi - Ruth Andre


"War Bonnet - Talisgohi"
16"x16"x2" oil & mixed media on panel
by Ruth Andre

The painting today is the 20th painting in the "War Bonnet" series. Painting this series has been a most interesting journey and one that I treasure. The trail of the "War Bonnet" series leaves us with the feeling of the desert winds blowing the sands of time.


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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

War Bonnet - Soneladu - Ruth Andre


"War Bonnet - Soneladu"
36"x36"x2" oil & mixed media on panel
by Ruth Andre

I am nearing the end, or at least I think I am, of the "War Bonnet" collection. My goal is to complete 20 paintings. The painting today is number 19. Each painting has textural lines that speak of the feather quill found in many Native American's dress. Each painting represents movement and when I paint I think of the settling of this land and the movement of its people during earlier times. In some ways it has been an emotional series to paint and I have felt a guiding hand in each piece. It has been, 
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

War Bonnet - Neladu - Ruth Andre


"War Bonnet - Neladu"
11"x14"x1.5" oil & mixed media on panel
by Ruth Andre

We had rain in the valley last night and this morning. The sky was grey and then the sun found us mid day and all the colors of the valley shined through. The painting today is the 18th painting in the "War Bonnet" series. I am thankful for, "A Painting Day".

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Sunday, May 26, 2013

War Bonnet - Galaquadu" - Ruth Andre


"War Bonnet - Galiquadu I & II"
24"x48"x2" Oil & Mixed Media on Panel - Diptych
by Ruth Andre


"War Bonnet - Galiquadu I"


"War Bonnet - Galiquadu II"

This has not only been A Painting Day it has been A Painting Week-End. All is quiet here at home so I have stollen away to the studio. This painting, Number 17 of the "War Bonnet" series, is a little bigger and it gives such energy as it reins over the studio. Loving the quiet that has giving me,
"A Painting Day".

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Saturday, May 25, 2013

War Bonnet - Daladu I & II - by Ruth Andre


"War Bonnet - Daladu I & II"
8"x16"x2" mixed media on panel - diptych
by Ruth Andre


"War Bonnet - Daladu I"


"War Bonnet - Daladu II"

This is the sixteenth painting in the "War Bonnet" series. Today the valley was quiet with blustery winds from the east making for cool breezes in the studio. I enjoyed painting these two panels side by side. They each have their own story but work well together as one. It was, "A Painting Day".





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Thursday, May 23, 2013

"War Bonnet - Hisgadu"


"War Bonnet - Hisgadu"
12"x12"x2" Oil & Mixed Media on Panel
by Ruth Andre

 I like the intensity and the quiet of the painted palette in this painting. It may actually be a study for a larger work in the next couple of days.The reds are just too hard to resist painting with them again. 
"War Bonnet - Hisgadu" is the fifteenth painting in the "War Bonnet" series. I am looking forward to the long week-end and, "A Painting Day".


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Thursday, May 16, 2013

War Bonnet - Sadu - Ruth Andre


"War Bonnet - Sadu"
24"x24"x2" oil & mixed media on panel
by Ruth Andre

Recently a patron sent a  comment to say she felt my series of "War Bonnet" paintings were telling a silent story of  the Native Americans and their forced relocation march in 1830. The movement was called "Trail of Tears.

The Trail of Tears is a name given to the forced relocation and movement of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The removal included many members of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations, among others in the United States, from their homelands to Indian Territory in eastern sections of the present-day state of Oklahoma. The phrase originated from a description of the removal of the Choctaw Nation in 1831.[1] - Wikipedia


After finishing "War Bonnet - Sadu", the eleventh painting in the series I feel as if my patrons words could be true. Does ones kinship with their past surface to tell a story? It has been "A Painting Day".
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Thursday, May 9, 2013

"War Bonnet - Sonela" by Ruth Andre


"War Bonnet - Sonela"
9"x12"x1.5" mixed media on panel
by Ruth Andre

The paintings in the "War Bonnet" series are being named using Cherokee Counting words. I love the connection but I am having a hard time not naming them the number along with an English name. Each painting evokes a story. Maybe each painting will receive its own story for the person viewing the painting and I have needed to step aside? Not sure? This painting, #9, along with the others seem to have me wanting to "Follow the Sound of the Drum" I feel there is more than paint and canvas but a spirit speaking through me. It has been, "A Painting Day".


If you would like to read more about the Cherokee counting language Linda L. Kinyon has written a very informative article. HERE

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Spirits Speak


I have been searching my family heritage with the help of my good friend, Craig. Craig has taken my bits and pieces of names and dates to garner information from  my family history.  I know I have Indian heritage but it appears to be hidden in the records of time.  This portrait, "The Spirits Speak", is a first try for me to get in touch with my past through painting.  I know that may sound a bit dramatic but it is heartfelt.  The search for family history has made for "A Painting Day".

"The Spirits Speak" 8x8-inches, oil/canvas by Ruth Andre
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