Ascension - Original Painting on Clay Board by Kathy Morrow
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28 x 22 Framed with suede mat and loomed beads by the artist.
I have many paintings with Stormy. She is not only one of my favorite models, she is a good friend. The first painting I did of Stormy was called Northern Journey. I saw great changes coming to Stormy. The butterfly represents change and transformation. I painted Stormy with a Monarch butterfly in the background.
One of the families that I wanted Stormy to meet was the Bald Eagle Family. I have painted many of the children in this family and they have grown up in my paintings. The patriarch of the Bald Eagles is David Bald Eagle. David Bald Eagle and his wife Josie took Stormy into their hearts. Stormy had been coming to Artist Ride annually for 7 years. David announced at one of the meals during Artist Ride 1995, that they would be adopting Stormy as a family member and giving her a naming ceremony the following year. We were all invited to attend the ceremony. Josie placed a star quilt around Stormy and welcomed her to their family. Stormy's name was actually Mary and she had been nicknamed Stormy by her husband, because if she got mad, he would ask her if the little storm clouds were coming. In a phone conversation I had with Stormy one time, she said "Kathy one of my biggest problems is that I don't know who I am".
I said, "You are Stormy". She replied that wasn't really her name. That was just a nickname. A few hours before the naming ceremony, Stormy was to meet with the Medicine man and David Bald Eagle. They would talk awhile, and then the medicine man would tell her what her Lakota name was and what it means in English. Only Stormy, the medicine man, and the singers would know her new name before the ceremony. It would be announced in Lakota through the song of the singers.
It sprinkled off and on through out the day and finally the time came for the adoption and naming ceremony. We who did not speak Lakota were told after the song, that Stormy had a new name. In Lakota it was O Si Ci Ca Win, which means Stormy Woman. The medicine man agreed after talking with her that this was her correct name. We danced in the mud in celebration and it continued to rain softly. Later as I hugged Stormy, I said, "why couldn't you be named Sunny!"
I have many paintings with Stormy. She is not only one of my favorite models, she is a good friend. The first painting I did of Stormy was called Northern Journey. I saw great changes coming to Stormy. The butterfly represents change and transformation. I painted Stormy with a Monarch butterfly in the background.
One of the families that I wanted Stormy to meet was the Bald Eagle Family. I have painted many of the children in this family and they have grown up in my paintings. The patriarch of the Bald Eagles is David Bald Eagle. David Bald Eagle and his wife Josie took Stormy into their hearts. Stormy had been coming to Artist Ride annually for 7 years. David announced at one of the meals during Artist Ride 1995, that they would be adopting Stormy as a family member and giving her a naming ceremony the following year. We were all invited to attend the ceremony. Josie placed a star quilt around Stormy and welcomed her to their family. Stormy's name was actually Mary and she had been nicknamed Stormy by her husband, because if she got mad, he would ask her if the little storm clouds were coming. In a phone conversation I had with Stormy one time, she said "Kathy one of my biggest problems is that I don't know who I am".
I said, "You are Stormy". She replied that wasn't really her name. That was just a nickname. A few hours before the naming ceremony, Stormy was to meet with the Medicine man and David Bald Eagle. They would talk awhile, and then the medicine man would tell her what her Lakota name was and what it means in English. Only Stormy, the medicine man, and the singers would know her new name before the ceremony. It would be announced in Lakota through the song of the singers.
It sprinkled off and on through out the day and finally the time came for the adoption and naming ceremony. We who did not speak Lakota were told after the song, that Stormy had a new name. In Lakota it was O Si Ci Ca Win, which means Stormy Woman. The medicine man agreed after talking with her that this was her correct name. We danced in the mud in celebration and it continued to rain softly. Later as I hugged Stormy, I said, "why couldn't you be named Sunny!"