The following three pieces now reside at Polson High School. With a great deal of ambition and foresight the school decided to invest grant money into permanent art collection to be used to teach and inspire students. The artwork commissioned for the school all had strong concepts of history, native culture, and traditional knowledge bases.
Title: Making Tracks
(For pure shock value I will add that this piece is seven feet wide.)
And next I planned a pair of sculptural boxes to tell stories of different kinds of knowledge that each gender specialized in. The first piece focused on women’s knowledge of wild foods, seasonal peaks and lows of edible plants, and cooperative care of children and resources. The title was inspired by a Salish story of a young girl who had crippled feet but was still very much a valued family member. She had a poignant and beautiful name, Flower that Grows No Roots. And so..
Title: Flower That Grows No Roots
And several detail shots…
Complementary piece…
Title: The Story of Sam Wells
This piece tells the story of Sam Wells, or Samuels, depending on which story you here. Sam Wells was a Salish man who brought back buffalo calves from east of the divide. An epic story relating to his extraordinary skills in geography, wilderness survival, and horsemanship.
Details…
