The Children’s Series

The Spirits of Native Children Rise to Transform the World’s Consciousness

2021

When the first news stories
came flooding into our consciousness,
telling of the mass graves of Native children found at
government/church-controlled residential schools
it was as though the universe took a breath
and held it:
stopping humanity in its tracks.


These paintings tell the story of the revelations,
of the purpose of their coming at this time,
and of our ability
to heal ourselves and
transform
the consciousness of our world.


Proceeds from sales of The Children’s Series prints will support the Native American Academy’s Sculpture Garden of Native Science and Learning.


The Children’s Series #1
First 215 Revealed

7.5” x 9.5” - Watercolor on Indigo Rag Paper

The Children’s Series #2
The Roar of Anguish

7.5” x 9.5” - Watercolor on Indigo Rag Paper

 

The outcry, denials, grief, disbelief moved like a tsunami,
shattering whatever lay in its path
reaching into the human heart, breaking it open,
telling each of us

we cannot continue living,
distracted, insensitive, desire-driven lives,
numb to the small and great violences
we visit on The Earth, all her forms of life,
ourselves, and one another.

 

The Children’s Series #3
Bringing in the Healing

15” x 9.5” - Watercolor on Indigo Rag Paper

 

The Children’s Series #4
Listen

7.5” x 9.5” - Watercolor on Indigo Rag Paper

The Children’s Series #5
Transforming Poison into Medicine

7.5” x 9.5” - Watercolor on Indigo Rag Paper

 

There is a strength and beauty
resting dormant within us.
We have the capacity
to take the poison of the past
and transmute it
into the medicine of a humane future.

 

The Four Horses of Healing

 

The Children’s Series #6
The Horse of the East – Bringer of Light

9.5” x 7.5” - Watercolor on Indigo Rag Paper

 
 

The Children’s Series #7
The Horse of the North – The Healing Winds of Truth

9.5” x 7.5” - Watercolor on Indigo Rag Paper

 
 

The Children’s Series #8
The Horse of the West – The Place of Transformation/Where Answers Live

9.5” x 7.5” - Watercolor on Indigo Rag Paper

 

The Children’s Series #9
The Horse of the South – The Place of New Beginnings / Purity

7.5” x 9.5” - Watercolor on Indigo Rag Paper

 
 
 

The Children’s Series #10
9 Precedes Transformation

7.5” x 9.5” - Watercolor on Indigo Rag Paper

 

Note: The originals of The Children’s Series are not for sale.