A Horse of a Different Color
painting, animal, horse, grass, flower, land, sky, color
A beautifully-colored horse stands in a field of flowers, eyes locked with the viewer.
Barbara Benda Nagle
<a href="http://barbarabendanagle.com/">barbarabendanagle.com</a>
watercolor on YUPO paper, 20 x 25 inches
paining
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
American Indian Death Song
White Earth, Ojibwe, pop culture, mentors, warriors, artists, social issues, color
This work is comprised of several pop cultural, political, artistic, and social characters and motifs in bright colors that sublimate their role and acceptance.
Frank Big Bear
<a href="http://www.bockleygallery.com/artist_big_bear/selected/01.html">http://www.bockleygallery.com/artist_big_bear/selected/01.html</a>
1986
Colored pencil on paper; 30.25 x 44 inches
graphic art
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Autumn Harvest
painting, flowers, nature, color
Ellen Jean Diederich painted this pastoral scene of brown and black cows strolling through a field of golden wheat on a cloudy day. Its title, Black Gold, references the rich farming history of the state of North Dakota. -- Plains Art Museum
Ellen Jean Diederich
<a href="http://www.givinity.com/gallery.php?s=&title=Autumn+Harvest">http://www.givinity.com/gallery.php?s=&title=Autumn+Harvest</a>
acrylic on canvas; 36 x 40 inches
painting
Black Elk's Little Sandman
White Earth, Ojibwe, Arapahoe, color, nature, pop culture, animals
The artist's work plays on social and political issues with pop culture images and motifs in bright and pure colors.
Star Wallowing Bull
<a href="http://plainsart.org/collections/star-wallowing-bull/">http://plainsart.org/collections/star-wallowing-bull/</a>
2002
Prismacolor pencils on paper; 36 x 50 inches
graphic art
Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
Cadillac Mountain
painting, landscape, fall, autumn, color, grass, rock, water, sky
Cadillac Mountain is in Acadia National Park near Bar Harbor, Maine. The grasses here are turning colors and broken by sections of rock, with water visible beyond the hill.
Barbara Benda Nagle
<a href="http://barbarabendanagle.com/">http://barbarabendanagle.com/</a>
watercolor and ink, 30 x 22 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
Channel at Sunrise
painting, landscape, sky, land, earth, color
David Boggs
<a href="http://plainsart.org/exhibits/spring-gala-2014-art-auction-preview/boggs/">http://plainsart.org/exhibits/spring-gala-2014-art-auction-preview/boggs/</a>
2013
Oil on linen; 30 x 40 x 2 inches
painting
artist at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
Chemical Man in a Toxic World
White Earth, Ojibwe, pop culture, mentors, warriors, artists, social issues, color
This work is comprised of several pop cultural, political, artistic, and social characters and motifs in bright colors that sublimate their role and acceptance.
Frank Big Bear
<a href="http://www.bockleygallery.com/artist_big_bear/selected/01.html">http://www.bockleygallery.com/artist_big_bear/selected/01.html</a>
1991
Colored pencil on paper; 60.75 x 44 inches
graphic art
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
City Lights, Nuclear Lights
White Earth, Ojibwe, pop culture, mentors, warriors, artists, social issues, color
This work is comprised of several pop cultural, political, artistic, and social characters and motifs in bright colors that sublimate their role and acceptance.
Frank Big Bear
<a href="http://www.bockleygallery.com/artist_big_bear/selected/01.html">http://www.bockleygallery.com/artist_big_bear/selected/01.html</a>
2006
Colored pencil on paper; 7.5 x 30.25 inches
graphic art
The British Museum, London, UK
Fawn
White Earth, Ojibwe, pop culture, animal, deer, social issues, color
This work is comprised of several pop cultural, political, artistic, and social characters and motifs in bright colors that sublimate their role and acceptance.
Frank Big Bear
<a href="http://www.bockleygallery.com/artist_big_bear/selected/01.html">http://www.bockleygallery.com/artist_big_bear/selected/01.html</a>
1997
Colored pencil on paper; 44 x 30.25 inches
graphic art
Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth
Green Vase
sculpture, blown glass, vase, nature, color
Transforming natural materials into creations of beauty. The journey of a work of art takes time and perserverance for its existence. So too in our lives we cultivate perseverance. Jodi Peterson.
Jodi Peterson
<a href="http://wolfnestglassworks.com/">wolfnestglassworks.com</a>
blown glass, 7 x 4 inches
sculpture
Wolfnest Glassworks, Moorhead, MN