This is a gouache watercolor on board by Kenneth Ferguson.  It is entitled, “Winds of Change“.  It is on board and finished with crystal clear archival acrylic varnish, which seals the painting off from the environment and provides strong UV protection, so there’s no need for glass.  It is perfectly framed in a classic wood frame.

Kenneth says of this piece,

Winds of Change (Lakota Man, mid 19th Century).  With dark clouds on the horizon, symbolic of change, this Lakota warrior awaits the coming storm from the East. A storm which will forever change the traditional lifeway of the People of the Great Plains.

Kenneth comments on his paintings, “Much of my work pertains to history and nature; often of the American West — and specifically, the people and animals that made their home on the Great Plains. Through my paintings, I shake the dust off the past and present these traditional subject matters in a more vivid, contemporary way. My interest might be the 19th century but I paint it as a 21st-century artist.”