Mandan Star Shirt Sculpture it was medium grey

it was medium grey

2 1/2” x 1 1/2” (including bale)

The crouching one is more wary

"The power that any piece of art has to connect with another is derived from its authenticity

when kids were allowed to wander the neighborhoods hours on end

Mandan Star Shirt Sculpture it was medium greyacrylic 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.