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Absolutely stunning Crow/Raven acrylic painting rendered on Pine – with relief carving by Leland Holiday (Navajo). This piece measures approximately 36×9. Please see photos for details and thank you for your interest! Leland Holiday is a young man with a big reputation. Early in his career, he became known as a Navajo Folk Artist. Actually, according to Leland, it was all an accident. Everyone in my family knew how to make baskets, but I was not interested. People called them folk art, but they were just toys. But he did recognize a good opportunity. With the help of Farmington art dealer, Jack Beasley, he began to sell his work to many top dealers and museums. He was featured in several major museum shows at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe and the Autry National Center in Los Angeles. His work with Mr. Beasley exposed him to classical art, urban art and modern Impressionism. He was drawn to the urban art he saw, but never thought of painting as something he would do as a career. He continued to experiment with carvings, but moved away from Folk Art. “I really don’t want to be classified, ” he explains. I want to be an artist that can break boundaries. As a teenager, he often broke traditional boundaries. I would carve or paint things that were not supposed to be painted. I had a lot of the older people upset with me. I guess I was pushing against the traditional way of life, but I respect it more now. Navajo Folk Art Painter Leland Holiday creates these vibrant pine panels. Painted and relief-carved in bold colors, they will add a bright, happy mood to any setting.

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Early David Chethlahe Paladin Original Painting Navajo Native American Listed. Very nice original Chethlahe painting, I believe it to be an early piece. Sand, paint, and turquoise inlay on board. The original frame was beyond repair, but I saved the attached paperwork and notes. Piece is dusty from years of storage, I will let the new owner clean how they feel fit to do. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “found_in_fort_wayne” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Artist: David Chethlahe Paladin
• Signed By: Chethlahe
• Size: Small
• Signed: Yes
• Material: Sand, Acrylic, Turquoise
• Item Length: 14 in
• Region of Origin: Arizona, USA
• Framing: Unframed
• Subject: Bear, Figures, Mythology
• Type: Painting
• Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
• Item Height: 11 in
• Style: Native American, Folk Art, Modernism, Primitivism
• Theme: Cultures & Ethnicities, Mythological, Nature, Religious
• Production Technique: Oil Painting
• Culture: Navajo
• Time Period Produced: 1960-1969

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Downsizing my personal art collection. Not sure about original date. Typical of her work that is in the Smithsonian collections and other folk art museums. Cow is signed with full signature and created with her signature mixed media. Cow appears to be plywood cutout and. Art in excellent condition in black frame 27 1/4″ by 20 3/4″. The item “Mamie Deschillie Original Navajo folk art Smithsonian artist signed and framed” is in sale since Sunday, April 16, 2017. This item is in the category “Art\Folk Art & Indigenous Art”. The seller is “beaglegeorge” and is located in Gainesville, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Type: Paintings
• Style: folk art
• Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
• Features: Framed
• Originality: Original
• Signed?: Signed
• Material: Paper & Papier Mache
• Region of Origin: US-Southwest
• Date of Creation: 1970-1989
• Artist: MAMIE DESCHILLIE

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