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195 creative works found
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Each year in October, the sky is filled with the beauty of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. In this painting, I combined my love of cactus with colorful hot air balloons against a backdrop of the Sandia Mountains.
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Five volcanic cones lie along the West Mesa of Albuquerque, New Mexico. They are part of the Petroglyph National Monument. The area surrounding the volcanoes is a favorite place of mine, because it has such a sense of spirituality and solitude. This is an original acrylic painting on canvas and measures 24” high x 30” wide.
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This is an original acrylic painting of the bright pink bloom of a hedgehog cactus. I had a cactus like this at one time and it would bloom vibrantly once each summer. .
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A curving line of pure white gypsum crystals in the heart of White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA. This National Park unit preserves a large part of the world’s largest gypsum dune field, which advances slowly to the east day-by-day. [U.S. National Park Service website] [Wikipedia entry] / Copyright © 2001 Brian W. Schaller – All rights reserved. Copies, reproductions and altered versions are not permitted.
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As Is. / This wonderful artwork transformed by the effects of late afternoon sunlight and shadow in the central plaza area of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center near the Old Town area of Albuquerque, New Mexico. There must be at least 50 shafts of light falling across the artwork. / The Centre is owned by the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico and features educational programmes and exhibitions and is a unique place to learn about the fascinating Pueblo cultures and traditions and the people. An absolute must see if you’re in Albuquerque. / www.indianpueblo.org Featured in Public Art group, RedBubble, July 2009 / /
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Ancient Southwestern Sun Design.
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KOSHARI (Also known as Koshare, Koyala, Hano, and Tewa) Kosharis or variants of them may be found in most of the pueblos. Although their primary function is one of amusement for the audience during pauses in katsina (kachina) dancing or as a leavening for the seriousness of a major ceremony, clowns are considered both sacred and profane. Easily recognizable by the black and white stripes painted over his entire body. He is ususally shown in a humorous pose. He is the joker who rings happiness to others. / / Clown Katsinas provide amusement during Katsina ceremonies. Clowns are often shown with watermelons and behave in the ususal manner of pueblo clowns, engaging in loud and boisterous conversation, immoderate actions, and gluttony. Clowns participate as drummers for dances. / In the Hopi tradition, the Sacred Clown Katsina frequently disrupts rituals. The clown satirizes Hopi life by acting out and exaggerating improper behavior…many times the Koshari’s actions are meant to portray a lesson on the behavior apparent in a tribal member. Their purpose is to show that overdoing anything is bad not only for the individual, but for the rest of the tribe as well. Kosharis play tricks, act out absurd pantomines, or mimic spectators. Similar to the more serious Katsinas, but with humor, the clown helps maintain community harmony by reminding the people of the acceptable standards of behavior within the Hopi community.
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Mimbreños (Mimbres) Mythology. The moon was considered to be a rabbit which was regularly devoured by an eagle, thus representing the particular phase of the moon.
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Feathered Katsina SunFace Shield and Three Stars emit brilliant radiance.
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Twelfth and last of this series, this shot is taken at Chaco Canyon’s Fajada Butte (it was blurry, so I merged it) along with a petroglyph rock just outside the area. At the time we were there, no one was allowed near the Butte. In 1977, on Fajada Butte, Dr. Anna Sofaer discovered the Sun Dagger petroglyphs, a large circular spiral and a small spiral are pecked in a cliff behind 3 large stone slabs. At midday on the Summer solstice, the sun shines between the stone slabs and creates a dagger of light that bisects the large spiral. On midday of the Winter Solstice, two daggers bracket the large spiral. During the Spring and Fall equinoxes, a small dagger of light bisects the small spiral. The slabs also cast a shadow on the large spiral that marks the moon’s 18 point, 6 years cycle of its orbit. Wiki 10th century – 1250A.D. Hope you enjoyed this historical journey through the Anasazi culture, this is dedicated to my granddaughter, Lexi who will be questing at Chaco Canyon at the end of the month.
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Just finished this historical journey through the cultural and tribal advances and achievements of a prehistoric people called the “ANASAZI” – pronounced ah-nah-Sah-zee, as my granddaughter gets ready to journey there and other parts of the Southwest.
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Many years ago, sometime in the early 1990’s, my husband and I were travelling through Hopi land, outside of Truth or Consequences, Arizona and happened upon a Tribal officer while camping, and we shared a pot of coffee with him. In our conversation, he noticed a basket of sacred white sage, that I usually wrapped while we drove through the countryside, prompting him to telling us about Oraibi, the oldest (still standing) native site in the U.S. He continued by telling us of a gathering there on the following day, and that he’d like to invite us to attend and we wholeheartedly agreed. / We started our morning having a traditional Hopi breakfast of Frybread, black beans and eggs, then we drove up to the Mesas, ignoring the signs that read “No White Man beyond this point”, we drove up a winding road, while I wrapped and was burning sage. When we reached the dwellings, many people were coming out of their homes and surrounding our hippie van (‘78 Dodge). It turns out they had not had white sage (grandmother sage) growing on their land for a couple of years, so when they smelled it coming from our vehicle they had to investigate. Thank Creator that it grew like weeds on our property in California, and we had plenty with us. We gifted several people with wrapped bundles, while others wished to trade for torquoise, blue corn and dye-making instruction. It was a wonderful morning, and we felt good that they mentioned it was a significant gift for the upcoming gathering, which they also invited us to attend. / After eating lunch with a beautiful Hopi family, we drove down the Mesa, following our new friends to Oraibi. When we arrived, there were maybe a dozen people standing around, we got out of the van and an elder man in jeans, a flannel shirt and a bandana around his head, approached us, as I held out a small basket of bundled sage, he just smiled. He took the basket in his roughly worn hands and motioned for us to follow him. We sat down in a circle with what grew to about 30 people, at this time and another man began speaking about the Earth and introduced the elderly man as the authorized spokesperson to speak on behalf of the Elders of the Hopi Nation – Thomas Banyacaya. / I was actually aware of who this elder was, and shocked that I was standing beside him as he was to address a chosen group of tribal and non-tribal (us) members, which was now about 75 people. This humble man would share a message of clear intent and great importance… We are the One’s we have been waiting for… / We have been telling the people that this is the eleventh hour. Now you must go back and tell the people that this is the hour. And there are things to be considered: / Where are you living? / What are you doing? / What are your relationships? / Are you in right relationship? / Know your garden. It is time to speak your truth. Create your community. Be good to each other. And do not look outside yourself for a leader. This could be a good time. / There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold onto the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and they will suffer greatly. / Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore and push off into the river. Keep your eyes open and your head above water. See who is in there with you and celebrate. / At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally. Least of all ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey come to a halt. / The time of the Lone Wolf is over. Gather yourselves! / Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary. / All that you do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. / We are the one’s we have been waiting for.” This artwork is a symbol of the rain deity that I remembered from a rock drawing we saw while at Hopi land, near Betatakin. Drawn, photographed, then painted in photoshop7 (it is also the T-shirt design called Earth Tribe with a slight alteration) All, all and everything is of importance and nothing that is good happens fast. Thanks to my serendipitous sister, owlspook, a link providing the same message ;) New Hopi Prayer
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Stone Hunter
by SenaPetroglyph depiction of predator and prey. The hunter bears the sacred Zia (Sun). Tens of thousands of these precious images are found throughout the southwest, left by my ancestors as a revelation of their lives, beliefs, and activities.
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this is a beautiful tall aspen in our backyard here out our backyard in San Cristobal, New Mexico. After a really big dump of snow in December it was stuck to everything and everywhere and I couldn’t resist. This is straight out of our Canon Rebel xti. Featured in: / #1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE ! 4.09 / Canon DSLR 5.09 / Canon DSLR 5.09
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/ / I took this photo in Edgewood, NM.
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I took this photo in Santa Fe, NM , USA ,right after a lovely rain!!!!
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/ / I took this photo near Albuquerque, New Mexico during the Balloon Fiesta 2008, on Sandia Pueblo Reservation. Played with PS 7 to posterize it.
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/ / I took this photo at the Balloon Fiesta 2008, in the Sandia Pueblo Reservation, north of Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
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/ / CHALLENGE WIN in the “Windows & Doors” Group!!!!!! / FEATURED in the “Cottage Style ” Group / I took this photo in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA, after a lovely rain. / 154 views
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/ I took this photo at the Carson National Forest in Abiqui, New Mexico USA, This is also part of the Famous Natural Echo Amphitheater /
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/ Thank You My Sweet Sweet sis!! I Dedicate this to all 3 of my Beautiful & Crazy Sisters!!!! / I took this Photo of My soulmate, Kukawa in Abuiqui, New Mexico USA / /
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/ I took this photo in Sandia Pueblo Reservation in Sandia Pueblo New Mexico USA redone…... /
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Brighter Days Are Coming….....peace and love, syl I took this photo on the Isleta Pueblo Reservation in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico USA
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