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Flying Bear Ranch Ft. Collins, CO
Sample Artwork
The finest in reproductive images are the giclee on canvas.
These are not under glass and include the
Certificate of Authenticity, or COA.
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"Bonnet Case" by Howard Terpning
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"These northern Plains men may be getting ready for a ceremonial function that calls for the use of a bonnet. A bonnet case was typically made of rawhide and could store feathered headgear or even occasionally personal 'medicine' - objects that people of the Plains believed gave them control over natural or spiritual forces."
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Quoted from Howard Terpning 2000
The outside dimension is 32" x 42"
‘Council of Chiefs’ by Howard Terpning
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“This is the early 1870’s period. These men represent chief or head men from different warrior societies within the Blackfoot nation meeting in council.
In council, the individual leaders gathered to set the course of the nations. Decisions were reached by consensus, youth acknowledging the wisdom of age and the power of experience valued over the experience of power. The man seated on the far right has painted part of his face and shoulders with vermilion, which was a sacred color and symbolized blood or life. The standing figure an the near right has white dots painted on his back; these represent hailstones falling down to destroy his enemies. His knife scabbard is more the design that a trapper or mountain man might carry. The warrior on horseback in the foreground is carrying a banner staff lined with eagle feathers. These so-called flags could be ceremonial in use or employed as a rallying point in battle.
Quoted from Howard Terpning 2000
The outside dimension is 33" x 50"
‘Prayers of the Pipe Carrier’ by Martin Grelle
Grelle paints the Native Americans as they went about their lives whether doing everyday chores or participating in tribal rituals. As the other braves gaze into the distance, the keeper of the pipe offers his prayers. The smoke from the pipe is believed to carry the breath of prayers to hopefully be answered.
This dramatic, beautiful work by Grelle won the Buyers Choice Award at the 46th annual Cowboy Artists of America exhibit in 2011. The recipient of this coveted award is selected by show attendees holding bid books. The Cowboy Artists of America is the most enduring and prestigious association of western artists in our nation
Quoted from Martin Grelle COA 2012
The outside dimension is 50" x 46"
Pride by Dave Holman
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This is an original oil painting called "Pride" of a Havasupai Native American woman by late artist Dave Holman. Inspired by a trip taken to attend a Havasupai Pow-Wow in the Grand Canyon area known as Cataract Canyon. In 1975, this tribe was able to regain about 10% of their original lands back from the National Park Service where they currently survive thru tourism. It is still a challenging issue.
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The outside dimensions are 46" x 58"
‘Protectors of the Cheyenne by Howard Terpning
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“This painting provided me with the opportunity to portray three strong and resolute Cheyenne warriors in a simple setting of tranquility which belied the very nature of their responsibilities as providers and protectors of their women, children, and old people. Even though it is said that they never numbered more than 35,000 people, the Cheyenne has strict social rules and strong warrior societies that made them a force to be reckoned with."
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Quoted from COA 2006
The outside dimension is: 53" x 61""
“Rivers Edge” by Martin Grelle
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These three braves, with their horses, have stopped by the "River's Edge." Perhaps the braves are hunting for food or have been following tracks that now disappear into the river. This magnificent scene along the "River's Edge" is another wonderful story that comes alive on Grelle's canvas
By Martin Grelle 2011 w/ COA
The outside dimension is 50" x 44"
Signs Along the Snake” by Martin Grelle
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"The Native Americans would use various ways of marking trails, some as subtle as bent grass, a few stones piled together, or broken tree branches, but some more obvious. In this painting, a length of red trade cloth has been tied to the branch of a willow growing along the bank of the Snake River in what is now Teton National Park in Wyoming. Two Crow warriors have discovered it and will have to guess what meaning it has."
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Quoted from Margin Grelle 2004
The outside dimension is 62" x 57"
‘Three Generations’ by Howard Terpning
“An extended family of Crow women is portrayed in ‘Three Generations’ Skilled in the many demanding domestic tasks of their culture, these tribeswomen passed their traditions down from one generation to the next, ensuring the future of their tribe and customs. In this family portrait, the distinctive and expressive faces of the grandmother, mother, and granddaughter are unique and yet universal. The middle generation carries the weight of responsibility with dignity; the elder, perhaps, now knows joy in understanding the circle of all life and the adolescent is in the awkward stage we see in many of our own family portraits!”
Quoted from Howard Terpning 2004
The outside dimension is 43" x 46"
“Treetop Advantage” by Doug Hall
Doug Hall has always lived in the hills and woods of Southwest Missouri. Growing up in Neosho Missouri, he wanted to be a frontiersman.
He says he has no recollection of a time when he did not paint. Doug focuses his paintings on Eastern Woodland Indians.
He paints at his Log Cabin Studio in Southwest Missouri, where he also rides his Missouri Fox Trotters. On Sundays he hosts a black powder shoot at the range behind the Studio.
An award winning painter of Native American people and their culture, Hall grew up painting in Neosho, Missouri and lives in rural McDonald County. Fellow painter and master of color Bob Tommey was influential in his artistic development.
He is now represented by Altermann Gallery
The outside dimension is 60' x 48"
“Wedding Preparations” by Martin Grelle
The idea for this painting came from reading a passage in George Bird Grinnell’s book on the Cheyenne Indians, volume 1. This paragraph is a small part of his description of wedding activities: "When the girl set out she was dressed in fine new clothing, but after she had been taken into her mother-in-law’s lodge, the sisters or cousins of her husband took her to the back of the lodge, removed the clothing that she wore, and dressed her in new clothing they had made, combing and rebraiding her hair, painting her face, and hanging about her various ornaments as gifts.” I have taken artistic license on one part of the painting – as I have shown her to have a red ribbon wrap on her braided hair. Traditionally, Cheyenne women did not wrap their braids, but I thought it added an extra interaction between the girl & her helper, who has the ribbon in her hands & is preparing to wrap the second braid – and I considered it as part of the "ornaments” given as gifts. The buffalo skull sits in the traditional position of the lodge used as an altar, and is sitting on a bed of sage. Various other items adorn the lodge, including storage bags & parfleche cases, a willow backrest, a tin trade cup, etc. The small beaded pouch hanging from the bride’s belt, in the shape of a turtle, holds her umbilical cord – a tradition among many Northern Plains Indian tribes. The cord was dried & placed in the pouch after the child’s birth, and was kept throughout their lifetime
Quoted from Martin Grelle COA 2014
The outside dimension is 44" x 50"