"Plumes and Ribbons"
Title: Plumes and Ribbons
Date: 1994
Edition: 650
Size: 19.5"x23"
Price: $160.00 (unframed print)
Artist's Statement:
This Paiute dancer has put together a costume that is at once traditional and individual. She is participating
in a traditional dance contest and is making a critical appraisal of the other dancers as she waits
her turn to perform. I've always been intrigued by the beauty and imagination of native costumes. They incorporate
natural elements-like bird feathers, animal skins, sea shells, and porcupine quills-along with manmade
items-like glass beads and cloth-in a way that rivals the most imaginative designs of European couturiers.
The impressionistic background I painted is something I've begun to use more and more. I have
been trying to come up with a method of incorporating the impressionistic with the very realistic.
It makes things a little more interesting.