Ways Of The Old Ones art-code-XFS-002 their campfire dancing days long

their campfire dancing days long past

Ben “the long

and killing

His Painted Mesa technique features Bronze

Rath maintains a studio in Taos

Ways Of The Old Ones art-code-XFS-002 their campfire dancing days longAcrylic, 40" x 30" Century old Edward S. Curtis photography capturing the essence of venerable warriors inspired this painting. Equally old are two accouterments for very different mindsets. The heavily beaded and quilled pipe bag carried a peace pipe and tobacco for shared camaraderie, while the backdrop is a buffalo hump shield, symbolically empowered with morning star motifs, hawk bells, and myriad eagle feathers purely for protection in battle