2008 - "Paint"

Image Size 21" x 14"  

The Scouts charged like lightning into the village with the news....the bluecoats led by the golden haired one had been spotted riding in their direction. A great cry rose up among the warriors.  They were fearless... driven by the passion to protect what was theirs, their world.....Lead by Sitting Bull, the great nations of the Sioux had amassed the largest band of warriors ever seen by the white man...and now the dipping pots of dried colored powder mixed with tallow emptied as the braves mixed the hues with boiling water.  There was no time for careful placement...it was war...and the reds went on...the screams and yelping...and the call that today would be a good day to die.....A young warrior mounted his horse and looked north to the sounds of the rumbling earth....he was ready...so was Paint.

This painting was created from photos taken by the Artist outside of Hardin, Montana along the Bighorn River on the Crow Reservation.  This is the first painting of the Artist's series" The Bighorn Trilogy"