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Art Details
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| Title | Holder Of The Thunderpipe |
| Description |
The Blackfoot Thunder Pipe is part of a sacred bundle of objects, including bird and animal skins, that is held by a person who is the designated owner/keeper of the bundle. He or she has received this bundle from a previous keeper, in a line stretching back to the original holder of the bundle, who often received instructions for creating the bundle through a dream or vision from the spirit world. The bundle is opened for healing purposes, and the ceremony must take place at certain times of the year.
Created with watercolour on Stonehenge paper this highly detailed painting will be presented double bevel mounted with charcoal black over white to a total size of 19 x 26 inches, ready for framing |
| Size | 14 x 21 inches |
| Format | original artwork |
| Presentation | mounted |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Genre | Figurative, People Portraits, Western Art, World Culture |
| Colours | blue, brown, red, yellow |
| Keywords | native, american, indian,medicine,spirit,pipe,pottery,clay pot, |
| Delivery Details |
Price includes delivery to mainland UK. Customers from outside of mainland UK please contact the artist for shipping costs. |
| Price | £225.00 |
| Status | Sold |
| This work is now sold, however if you would like to commission a similar painting, please contact me |
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About The Artist
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Artist Biography:
I am Peter Williams, an entirely self taught UK artist, working out of my studio on the Suffolk coast where I live with my long term partner Jenny and large German Shepherd dog.
I use many different media including pastel, coloured or graphite pencil and gouache but I am particularly well known for watercolour work. Blending diffused colour with confident composition and intricate detail, I am able to achieve a unique vibrancy unequalled by many other watercolourists.
Having always had immense interest in the great outdoors, animals, wildlife and particularly horses, I have most recently become best known for my haunting, ephemeral Native American portraits.
I don’t try to be historically accurate, but attempt to portray palpable and arresting emotions, suspending reality to present the viewer with the wild, unchecked passions and stoic serenity of Native America.
Born in 1952 I had a varied working life which included the regular British Army, college tutor, computer analyst and lorry driver. Throughout all of these times I always found time to create art of some kind in my spare time. In 2002 I took the life changing step of becoming a full time artist. I was the feature artist for Hertfordshire Life magazine before moving to the East coast of Suffolk in 2005. I expected to make my living here from local landscapes and coastal scenes. However I soon realized I would be better off finding a more niche area of the art market and decided to exploit my passion for the old West and Native America. I haven’t looked back since. I have had quite a lot of success selling prints and originals in the USA but have also been pleasantly surprised to find many collectors here in the UK. Of course I still create all other genre when the mood takes me, particularly wildlife and horses, and work to commission whenever requested.
To be found in private collections worldwide, my paintings have also been published in watercolour workshop books and featured in several magazines in the UK. I have very recently self-published my own book ‘Mighty Fine Art’ from which I have received very positive feedback.
See the 'Day In The Life' feature for further insight into what makes this artist tick.
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Artist News/Exhibitions:
Fade To Black. A solo show at The Karen Lear Gallery, High St. Leiston. 18-25th March 2010
Saxmundham Craft Fair, The Market Hall, 29 The High St, Saxmundham. Suffolk. 3rd April 2010
Aldeburgh Craft Fair. The Jubilee Hall, Crag Path, Aldeburgh. Suffolk. 4th-5th April (Easter Sunday and Monday)
Mall Gallery, London
24th - 29th May 2010 DSWF Wildlife Artist Of The Year.
Mighty Fine Art a solo show at The Cinema Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. 23rd - 29th July 2010
Mighty Fine Art solo exhibition at The Cinema Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. 27th August - 2nd September 2010 |
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