Wanan Namayanhun Huwo? - Original Painting on Clay Board by Kathy Morrow
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Original Painting on Clay Board 24 x 32 Framed with suede mat and loomed beads by the artist.
Wanan Namayanhun Huwo? (Lakota "Can You Hear Me Now?"
Chief David Bald Eagle has been a friend of mine since the 1980’s. I have made many paintings of him and members of his family. We met at Artist Ride in South Dakota where he was a model for the many artists that attend. We had finished a pretty long hot day of photography and David was dressed in his eagle feather bonnet and beaded shirt and pants that his wife Josee had made for him. He had a beautiful hand-quilted leather bags that was decorated with dyed porcupine quills. As we were walking from his tepee to my camp, his bag started buzzing. I asked him what that buzzing was and he pulled out his cell phone and said, " People want to talk to me all the time on this thing." That gave me an idea for a painting and David was willing to pose again. I like to keep it real so as he held the cell phone to his ear, I decided to make him laugh by bringing up something that had happened that Spring….. “David! It’s Josee on the phone…the truck broke down in Deadwood and she needs a new Alternator.” That hit his funny bone and he cracked up laughing and I got what I was looking for, a good hearty laugh. To embellish my tall tale a bit further, I added smoke signals coming out of the antenna. Four puffs for a GOOD SIGNAL! David helped me name this painting, by telling me the Lakota way to say “Can you hear me now?” Wanan Namayanhun Huwo?
Wanan Namayanhun Huwo? (Lakota "Can You Hear Me Now?"
Chief David Bald Eagle has been a friend of mine since the 1980’s. I have made many paintings of him and members of his family. We met at Artist Ride in South Dakota where he was a model for the many artists that attend. We had finished a pretty long hot day of photography and David was dressed in his eagle feather bonnet and beaded shirt and pants that his wife Josee had made for him. He had a beautiful hand-quilted leather bags that was decorated with dyed porcupine quills. As we were walking from his tepee to my camp, his bag started buzzing. I asked him what that buzzing was and he pulled out his cell phone and said, " People want to talk to me all the time on this thing." That gave me an idea for a painting and David was willing to pose again. I like to keep it real so as he held the cell phone to his ear, I decided to make him laugh by bringing up something that had happened that Spring….. “David! It’s Josee on the phone…the truck broke down in Deadwood and she needs a new Alternator.” That hit his funny bone and he cracked up laughing and I got what I was looking for, a good hearty laugh. To embellish my tall tale a bit further, I added smoke signals coming out of the antenna. Four puffs for a GOOD SIGNAL! David helped me name this painting, by telling me the Lakota way to say “Can you hear me now?” Wanan Namayanhun Huwo?