Wind Cave Painting

The painting is a representation of the Lakota story of creation from wind cave. My wife is Lakota and helped me develop the concept of the painting It depicts native people coming from the stars and the form of creation. It also represents the dragonfly and Buffalo and their significance and role in Northern plains culture. This story begins at a time when the plants and the animals were still being brought into existence, but there were no people or bison living on the earth. People at that time lived underground in the Tunkan Tipi — the spirit lodge — and were waiting as the earth was prepared for them to live upon it. To get to the spirit lodge, one must take a passageway through what the ancestors referred to as Oniya Oshoka, where the earth “breathes inside.” This place is known today as Wind Cave, referred to in modern Lakota as Maka Oniye or “breathing earth.” Somewhere, hidden deep inside this passageway, is a portal to the spirit lodge and the spirit world.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:30 W x 24 H x 1 D in

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