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"EIGHT PRETTY PIGS" AT THE SWEET PEA FESTIVAL ART SHOW
I am honored that "Eight Pretty Pigs" were juried into this year's Sweet Pea Festival Festival Art Show.
ERA Landmark
8 E. Main Street
Bozeman, Montana
Exhibition. July 1 - August 28, 2026
Following the creation of my flying pigs (the popular "Once in a Blue Moon"), I was inspired to create Eight Pretty Pigs, Buttercup, Cosmo, Daisy, Lily, Marigold, Periwinkle, Rosie, and Violet. They will be featured as the number "8" in my children's counting book.
Image Shown: "Eight Pretty Pigs"
Cattlemarkers, watercolors and acrylics, collaged on 300# Arches cold press watercolor paper. Original framed apprx. 33" x 14"
"COYOTE STOLE FIRE" AT cODY ARTS
I am pleased that "Coyote Stole Fire" was chosen to be part of the Earth, Wind, Water & Fire Art Show at Cody Arts Gallery.
Opening Reception September 17, 2026
Cody Arts Gallery +Creative Center
836 Sheridan Avenue
Cody, Wyoming
This piece is my artistic rendition of the Shoshone tale of “How Coyote Stole Fire.” The story goes something like this:
Long ago, winter made people very sad and afraid, for in the winter many died because of the cold and food was scarce. Coyote was one of the wisest animals and a friend of the people. One morning, he heard one of the women in the village say, “If we just had a piece of the Sun to carry with us through the winter it would end the great suffering of our people.”
Coyote knew a place far away on a mountain top where three Fire Spirits lived. They tended a piece of the sun but guarded it with their lives because they did not want human beings to have it. He set out to the mountain of the Fire Spirits to steal their secret and help the human beings. He waited for the perfect opportunity and stole a flaming stick. The Fire Spirits pursued him but he ran like the wind and when they caught up to him he flung the fire to his other animal friends who helped save the fire. So, thanks to Coyote and his other animal friends, human beings were able to keep a piece of the sun to keep them warm in the winter.
Image Shown: "Coyote Stole Fire"
Cattlemarkers, watercolors, porcupine quills, willow twigs and parakeet, peacock, duck, Montana sharp-tail grouse & pheasant feathers, collaged on 300# Arches cold press watercolor paper. Original framed apprx. 17"x20"
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