Mandan Star Shirt art-code-LTS-002 Pears peak of solitude and

Pears peak of solitude and togetherness

Watercolor and Gouache

There were two possible solutions - to move the story further away from the building

I gave this piece the title because it embodies so much about Portugal… the stallion with his arched neck and flying mane

Mandan Star Shirt art-code-LTS-002 Pears peak of solitude andacrylic on canvas, 60" x 50" Stars figure a lot in Indian art. The famous Comanche chief, Quanah Parker, painted stars on the roof of his traditional home in Oklahoma. Ive been playing around with the use of stars as well, covering Indian clothing with them in various settings. The shape of this figure is loosely based on a portrait of a Mandan Chief by Karl Bodmer (1808 1893). But this painting is strictly from my imagination.