PEOPLE OF THE HIGH PLAINS
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An editorial portrait series project in progress depicting historical figures from a vanishing way of life on the land during the nineteenth century. Each portrait is designed to emerge from the sky like a distant memory.
"Wolf Robe" Portrait
Wolf Robe was a Southern Cheyenne chief and a holder of the Benjamin Harrison Peace Medal.
Detail of Wolf Robe
"Ghost of the Plains"
3x 3 Magazine Award of Merit 2023 Annual Show
"Ghost of the Plains" is a depiction of an anonymous spirit inspired from a historical photo from the nineteenth century. While the young woman is unknown I wanted to honor her spirit placing her in the landscape like a ghost that will forever dwell in that place. The geometric style blends her identity into the clouds making her an organic element in the vastness of the sky.
Low Clouds Over the Canyon
"Wind Warrior"
I memory of a lost time blown in the wind. Second illustration in my series "Men of the High Plains".
