32.00 X 24.00"
This painting features two large and three small sorrel horses running across a background image of the revered Thunderbird, who wields powerful magic to make the rains and thunder. The Thunderbird is said to create thunder by flapping its wings, and lightning by flashing its eyes. It is considered a supernatural being of great power and strength.
It is frequently depicted in the art, songs, and oral histories of many Pacific Northwest Coast cultures, and is also found among some peoples of the American Southwest, East Coast, Great Lakes, and Great Plains.
Thunder Ponies is set against a rustic background featuring many spiritual symbols of native life, the "cloud face”, with rain-for-hair, and the spiral shape of Sipapu, (spiral) symbolizing a wonderful creation mythology as “the becoming" of the people, the origin place where they came into being, and the curving path they took to find their tribal lands.
This artwork reflects the deep connection that indigenous people have to the land, to their creation myths and legends, and captures the essence of native culture in the American West.
The artwork is a large pastel, measuring 24 inches in width and 32 inches in height, and is painted on hand-made bark paper, made by the Otomi tribe, adding to its unique charm. Amat, or bark paper, is known as the oldest paper in the western hemisphere, and is still made today by the same techniques. The artist purchases this gorgeous paper directly from them.
This painting comes unframed, wrapped in protective sleeve on board.
The painting is signed by the artist and comes with a certificate of authenticity issued by Henle Studio, ensuring its originality.
The contemporary primitive series of pastel artworks by Cecilia have been shown in galleries across the country for more than 20 years, and many collectors have found them in notable places such as the Joan Cawley Gallery in Scottsdale.
32.00 X 24.00"
This painting features two large and three small sorrel horses running across a background image of the revered Thunderbird, who wields powerful magic to make the rains and thunder. The Thunderbird is said to create thunder by flapping its wings, and lightning by flashing its eyes. It is considered a supernatural being of great power and strength.
It is frequently depicted in the art, songs, and oral histories of many Pacific Northwest Coast cultures, and is also found among some peoples of the American Southwest, East Coast, Great Lakes, and Great Plains.
Thunder Ponies is set against a rustic background featuring many spiritual symbols of native life, the "cloud face”, with rain-for-hair, and the spiral shape of Sipapu, (spiral) symbolizing a wonderful creation mythology as “the becoming" of the people, the origin place where they came into being, and the curving path they took to find their tribal lands.
This artwork reflects the deep connection that indigenous people have to the land, to their creation myths and legends, and captures the essence of native culture in the American West.
The artwork is a large pastel, measuring 24 inches in width and 32 inches in height, and is painted on hand-made bark paper, made by the Otomi tribe, adding to its unique charm. Amat, or bark paper, is known as the oldest paper in the western hemisphere, and is still made today by the same techniques. The artist purchases this gorgeous paper directly from them.
This painting comes unframed, wrapped in protective sleeve on board.
The painting is signed by the artist and comes with a certificate of authenticity issued by Henle Studio, ensuring its originality.
The contemporary primitive series of pastel artworks by Cecilia have been shown in galleries across the country for more than 20 years, and many collectors have found them in notable places such as the Joan Cawley Gallery in Scottsdale.
