A Gift To Whirlwind Horse - Painting on Clay Board by Kathy Morrow
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35 x 35 and
35 x 25 Diptych
Framed with suede mat and loomed beads by the artist.
For a few years we lived on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Many of the Lakota people have descriptive names and these names inspired some of my drawings. One family that lived near us had the last name of "Whirlwind Horse". I would draw doodles of horses spinning in their tails. My school notebooks were very decorative. Some 20 years later, the idea jelled into the painting called A Gift to Whirlwind Horse. In the upper panel of this vertical Diptych is Buffalo Woman, an Indian woman with white hair that gave the gift of buffalo to the Lakota people. She is embracing a white buffalo and her hair is swirling into the lower panel. The whirlwind of her hair gives a buffalo to the Lakota hunter to sustain his family. In the top panel there is a beaded design that connects to sections of Scratch Board together to make a larger panel. At the time this painting was made, Scratch Board wasn't available in larger sizes. I designed and loomed the beads in this section.
35 x 25 Diptych
Framed with suede mat and loomed beads by the artist.
For a few years we lived on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Many of the Lakota people have descriptive names and these names inspired some of my drawings. One family that lived near us had the last name of "Whirlwind Horse". I would draw doodles of horses spinning in their tails. My school notebooks were very decorative. Some 20 years later, the idea jelled into the painting called A Gift to Whirlwind Horse. In the upper panel of this vertical Diptych is Buffalo Woman, an Indian woman with white hair that gave the gift of buffalo to the Lakota people. She is embracing a white buffalo and her hair is swirling into the lower panel. The whirlwind of her hair gives a buffalo to the Lakota hunter to sustain his family. In the top panel there is a beaded design that connects to sections of Scratch Board together to make a larger panel. At the time this painting was made, Scratch Board wasn't available in larger sizes. I designed and loomed the beads in this section.