Showing posts with label n.w. coast mask painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label n.w. coast mask painting. Show all posts

Sunday, February 17, 2013

What Lies Beneath

Acrylic on Panel
6" x 12"
$325
 SOLD!
 
In the 33 years of doing research on Native American cultures I have come to believe that the Northwest coast tribes are the most artistic and superstitious.  I wanted to paint one of their carved and painted paddles which for an everyday object I consider it to be a work of art.   In reading about the underwater world that they created, I envision these masks coming out of the depths of the dark ocean waters.