Buy Fine Art

Sell Fine Art

Art Prints on Demand

Shawl Dancer - Helena Nelson-Reed

Shawl Dancer Painting - Shawl Dancer Fine Art Print

Artwork: #14 of 47 by Helena Nelson-Reed

Previous - Next - View All

Shawl Dancer Painting by Helena Nelson-Reed

Tags: 

native american paintings, dance paintings, dancer paintings, woman paintings, pow wow paintings, prayer paintings, sun paintings, inspiration paintings, helena nelson reed paintings, spirit paintings

Title:

Shawl Dancer

Artist:

Helena Nelson-Reed

Medium:

Painting - Watercolor

Price

$4,800.00

Dimensions

Not Specified

This piece has been already sold.   Please feel free to contact the artist directly regarding this or other pieces.

Click here to contact the artist.

Description:

I attended a pow wow at Sinte Gleska university, South Dakota, outdoors under the blazing summer sun. The girls and women participating were all ages. Each so graceful, so light and energetic in her body. Spinning and stepping delicately with focus and precision, swirling her shawl with its long fringe, the dancers moved in tandem with Drums heatbeat. Like kimamah, the butterfly flitting above waving prairie grasses, there was harmony. All was sun, heat, sky, shimmering, spinning color. Many circles of life unfolded before us. Each individual, then the circle formed the dancers. There was the Drum and those playing it. The circle of singers. The circles of family and community. The circle of guests, like myself. The hoop of life was there, from babies to elders. Above were the circles of sun and moon. Connecting all was the Drum, the songs, the dancers. If you'd like your print signed, please contact me.

Tags:

painting, painting paintings, native american paintings, dance paintings, dancer paintings, woman paintings, pow wow paintings, prayer paintings, sun paintings, inspiration paintings, helena nelson reed paintings, spirit paintings

Posted:

Statistics - view recent:

Viewed 131 Times  -  Last Viewed by a Visitor from Thomasville, PA on 07/25/2008 at 12:12 PM

Dominant Colors:

Image Link:

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Add This Artist to Your Watch List

04/21/2008

05:42 PM

Stephen Hawks

Lumpkin , GA

Hi, I put you on my watch list because I am interested in the way you paint. My neice's husband Dan Pate has a listing with Finartamerica and that is how I decided to post some work. Tou might be interested in his site. He works with water miscable oils which is similar in lok to water color. He works out of the spiritual perspective of Anthroposophy, as do I except that I was trained as a child in art and have a more modernist background. Stephen