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My first postcard series are now available to the internet world to purchase!
Seen here, 2 aboriginal styles local to "Turtle Island"- or better known as Canada. The Northwest Pacific style (as seen in British Colombia), and the Woodland Style (the Anishinabe and Algonquin style).
Shown here:
"Owl"- Owl with bats
"Visions of Slumber" - Raven
"Thunderbird"
"Lynx"
"Trout"
"Porcupine"- Porcupine, Eagle and Dog
"The Moon and the Bat"- Moon and Bat
"Harmony of Nature"- Moose, eagle, raven, bear, trout, wolf
Each card features cultural information on the back, or a reflection on the content of the image.
Each postcard is only $2.
Shipping for up to 30 postcards is only $1.
I accept paypal (tarkheki at yahoo dot ca), money order, or cash.
When placing an order, please specify WHICH postcard you want, and what quantity! Also include your shipping address so that I can mail them out to you- I don't want to get loose payments and not know what I have to send to who!
They Originally debuted at the Roundance at the NCC on Feb 27, 2010.
Seen here, 2 aboriginal styles local to "Turtle Island"- or better known as Canada. The Northwest Pacific style (as seen in British Colombia), and the Woodland Style (the Anishinabe and Algonquin style).
Shown here:
"Owl"- Owl with bats
"Visions of Slumber" - Raven
"Thunderbird"
"Lynx"
"Trout"
"Porcupine"- Porcupine, Eagle and Dog
"The Moon and the Bat"- Moon and Bat
"Harmony of Nature"- Moose, eagle, raven, bear, trout, wolf
Each card features cultural information on the back, or a reflection on the content of the image.
Each postcard is only $2.
Shipping for up to 30 postcards is only $1.
I accept paypal (tarkheki at yahoo dot ca), money order, or cash.
When placing an order, please specify WHICH postcard you want, and what quantity! Also include your shipping address so that I can mail them out to you- I don't want to get loose payments and not know what I have to send to who!
They Originally debuted at the Roundance at the NCC on Feb 27, 2010.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 838 x 638px
File Size 466.1 kB
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When I originally started to work on this picture, it was actually on the day when 3 different people asked to commission me for Owl images. This freaked me out: Owls are a bad omen in the Aboriginal cultures, associated with death. I had even told one of the people wanting to commission me that it was a bad omen, and they immediately were put off with me- saying that their teachings were different (they claimed to be Native American, but I was skeptical for numerous reasons), and I insisted otherwise. I didn't care to be commissioned for an Owl, but it was quite obvious that this person didn't know what they were talking about.
I thought it bad, and immediately told my mom to call EVERYONE in our relations that were quite old- I told her "someone is going to die". That night, I had dreamed of an Owl, flying on this vast yellow sky, pretty much the way I painted it right there (that was Weds).
The following day, my mother called everyone and said that everyone was fine and I was out of my mind. I didn't care what they said, I knew someone was going to pass. I was also deliberating exactly why the Owl came on a yellow background... as a night bird, I would imagine it should come on a BLUE sky, but I have learned MANY years ago that you do not argue with your pictures. If they want to be painted in a certain way, they should be painted in that way. I set the background, and rough design on the image and went to bed (that was Thurs).
On Friday morning, I had returned from Aikido practice, and my mom called me around 9:30 am. She told me "your Owls were right"- and it turned out that that exact morning, the husband of a close relation of ours had passed that exact morning. Turned out, on Weds he went for surgery on his back, Thursday he woke up from the surgery, and on Friday morning, he asked the nurse to come later for physio in the morning becuase he wanted to watch the sunrise. That morning, he pulled his chair in front of the window- facing east- and died watching the sunrise.
I finished the painting within the day and had it framed- it was the gift I gave the widow [our relation] when we came for the shiva. So she holds the original painting, and I made postcards from it. :)
When I originally started to work on this picture, it was actually on the day when 3 different people asked to commission me for Owl images. This freaked me out: Owls are a bad omen in the Aboriginal cultures, associated with death. I had even told one of the people wanting to commission me that it was a bad omen, and they immediately were put off with me- saying that their teachings were different (they claimed to be Native American, but I was skeptical for numerous reasons), and I insisted otherwise. I didn't care to be commissioned for an Owl, but it was quite obvious that this person didn't know what they were talking about.
I thought it bad, and immediately told my mom to call EVERYONE in our relations that were quite old- I told her "someone is going to die". That night, I had dreamed of an Owl, flying on this vast yellow sky, pretty much the way I painted it right there (that was Weds).
The following day, my mother called everyone and said that everyone was fine and I was out of my mind. I didn't care what they said, I knew someone was going to pass. I was also deliberating exactly why the Owl came on a yellow background... as a night bird, I would imagine it should come on a BLUE sky, but I have learned MANY years ago that you do not argue with your pictures. If they want to be painted in a certain way, they should be painted in that way. I set the background, and rough design on the image and went to bed (that was Thurs).
On Friday morning, I had returned from Aikido practice, and my mom called me around 9:30 am. She told me "your Owls were right"- and it turned out that that exact morning, the husband of a close relation of ours had passed that exact morning. Turned out, on Weds he went for surgery on his back, Thursday he woke up from the surgery, and on Friday morning, he asked the nurse to come later for physio in the morning becuase he wanted to watch the sunrise. That morning, he pulled his chair in front of the window- facing east- and died watching the sunrise.
I finished the painting within the day and had it framed- it was the gift I gave the widow [our relation] when we came for the shiva. So she holds the original painting, and I made postcards from it. :)
Dude, not you are not! Turtle island don't include South America.. you guys.. well, you are more like the mid section... like the arms and legs place that the turtle can pull in or something. XD
Actually, coming to think of it, you guys are actually near the REAR end by the traditional depiction ... so um.. yah. ;)
Actually, coming to think of it, you guys are actually near the REAR end by the traditional depiction ... so um.. yah. ;)
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