New NW Coast Native American Design

"Raven Guides Salmon People"
Acrylic on Canvas
12" x 24"
(Gallery Value $435)
Being Donated for Auction


Raven Guides Salmon People

We are Chinook.
Oh mighty Raven, Transformer, Trickster, Guide,
Mover of tides and rivers,
You have come to show us our way home after the long journey.
We used to be many but now are few.
Is this because of the greed of man or a trick on us from you?


The Columbia Learning Center is excited to announce that the "Black Tie and Blue Jeans Summer Social, Dinner and Benefit Auction" is scheduled for August 1st, from 4:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the beautiful setting of the Deer Island Stock Ranch. Once again their activities will include a delicious catered dinner, silent auction, oral auction and raffle. A live band and dancing will follow the auction so plan to stay for the entire evening and take advantage of all the fun the evening will bestow upon you.

Your support and participation in this event will help them pay for their "Chance to Become" college scholarship program, public computer lab. computer education, community meeting rooms, and development of new programs. The Columbia Learning Center mission promotes life-long learning and community building. They were formed by the community, for the community. Thank you for your generous support. They are a 501c3, tax deductible non-profit organization.

http://www.colcenter.org/clc/

More of my NW Coast Designs may be purchased in Ashland, Oregon at American Trails Gallery

New NW Coast Native American Designs

"Hummingbird"
12" x 9"
Acrylic on Canvas

Wiley 'Brer' Hummingbird has the heart of an Eagle
An eager warrior and a defender of home
Yet is known as a symbol of peace
and a return to vigor and life in the Spring.
May our soldiers all be Hummingbirds.


"Frog"
12" x 9"
Acrylic on canvas

I'm loosing my place on this earth.
Animals step on me.
Birds eat me.
Man drains my ponds.
I have no home.
When I leave,
everything will be changed...forever.

These paintings and others of my NW Coast Native American designs may be purchased at:
American Trails
27 N Main Street
Ashland, Oregon 97520
541-488-2731

Two New NW Coast Native American Designs

"Salmon"
9" x 12"
Acrylic on Canvas
&
"Beaver"
8" x 24"
Acrylic on Canvas


These are two more of my trompe loeil paintings done in the NW Coast Native American style. I just completed them and sent them on their way to American Trails, Inc. in Ashland, Oregon where the display and sell them for me.

Latest NW Coast Native American Design

Shasta Bear
Acrylic on Canvas
14" x 14"
2008

Shasta Bear
Sky Spirit came to earth and formed Mount Shasta.
He brought his family to this new home.
He made Grizzly and placed him at the base.
When Sky Spirit's daughter became lost,
Grizzly found her and shared his home.
There she grew, wed, and gave birth to a new creation.
These were the ancestors of the tribes.

Today the bear on my door post guards me.
I must guard the Grizzly.

Each of my Northwest Coast Native American designs is accompanied by a legend. I read these legends in longer form, condense them to poetic style and draw the designs using traditional elements. If you would like to see more of my designs I have them in my wetpaint website.

http://urban-plein-air.wetpaint.com/