Friday, March 23, 2012

CELESTIAL COUNTRY/ 'The Valley of Heaven' /Artistic rendering of concepts from Concow Maidu Indian culture/ FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM



CELESTIAL COUNTRY
1986
by Eric Whollem
mixed media on paper
Collection of the artist
15" x 10"
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

THE VALLEY OF HEAVEN

This work is an abstract rendering of a concept from Concow Maidu
Indian culture: The Valley of Heaven. This realm is called Hipiningkodom
by the Maidu. It is a name also given to the Sacramento Valley in Northern
California by the Maidu.

This figurative expressionist work utilizes forms found in pictographic and
petroglyphic art. The prehistorical arts of California have long been of
artistic interest to me in the pursuit of my art.

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EARTH MOTHER
earth paints on  panel
by Eric Whollem


BELOW IS A VIDEO
THAT RELATES TO THE
CONCOW MAIDU

SPIRIT ANIMALS OF THE CONCOW MAIDU                 
by Eric Whollem