SUMI MAIDEM/ A pictographic image of Deer Man/ Concow Maidu Language/ MYTHOGRAPHIC ART/ Mixed media art by Eric Whollem/ EARTH PIGMENTS & gouache on paper

Sumi Maidem

1977

by Eric Whollem

gouache and earth pigments in casein on paper

7" x 9.75"

Collection of the artist

Copyright by the artist

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Deer Man

This painting incorporates earth pigments gathered in nature with

gouache paint. The title, 'Sumi Maidem,' translates into 'Deer Man.'

I utilized expressions from the Concow Maidu Indian language.

Sumi means friend in Maidu. This image is of a benign shaman.

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Readers interested in my posts of Abstract Art should view this link:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/abstract%20paintings

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EARTH MOTHER

earth pigments on panel

by Eric Whollem

Those interested in my approaches to Pictographs and Petroglyphs should see:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/pictographs%20and%20petroglyphs

BELOW IS A VIDEO

DEALING WITH

PICTOGRAPHIC ART

ERIC WHOLLEM                                

My posts on Shamanism can be found here:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/shamanism

Those interested in the Concow Maidu should view my posts:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/maidu%20indians

BELOW IS A VIDEO

THAT TALKS ABOUT

CONCOW MAIDU INDIAN RELIGION

ERIC WHOLLEM                                

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MYTHOGRAPHIC ART

Mixed media painting.

Maidu Indians.

Abstract art.

Pictographs and petroglyphs.

FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION

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