No-Sun Brown, Derek – “Charging Forward” Sumi Ink & Acrylic on Canvas (24 x 48)
$ 4,200.00
Derek No-Sun Brown carries on the ancestry from the Shoshone-Bannock, Klamath, and Anishinabe people. He was raised with a strong traditional foundation and continues to maintain indigenous ways of prayer and philosophy that are evident through his art. This painting is entitled, “Charging Forward”. It is Sumi Ink and acrylic on canvas. While it may seem easy, watching Derek paint with the Sumi ink has its own challenges and “control of the flow”. The painting is inspired by the title of his current exhibit of new work. Derek said of “Charging Forward””
“Charging Forward is how I’ve always felt as an artist and a Native American person. Life and art should never be stagnant. We are water that trickles down slow from a melting glacier turning into powerful rivers carving through mountains and returning to the source to do it all again. Everyone living right now on the planet is charging forward. We are the future and the past combined. We are alive.”
The painting features two riders on horseback. The use of the gold-painted areas to signify the importance of the reins, shields, or quivers as the subtle strong elements within his paintings. Derek is an exceptional artist and an important voice among young Native artists!
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Derek No-Sun Brown carries on the ancestry from the Shoshone-Bannock, Klamath, and Anishinabe people. He was raised with a strong traditional foundation and continues to maintain indigenous ways of prayer and philosophy that are evident through his art. This painting is entitled, “Charging Forward”. It is Sumi Ink and acrylic on canvas. While it may seem easy, watching Derek paint with the Sumi ink has its own challenges and “control of the flow”. The painting is inspired by the title of his current exhibit of new work. Derek said of “Charging Forward””
“Charging Forward is how I’ve always felt as an artist and a Native American person. Life and art should never be stagnant. We are water that trickles down slow from a melting glacier turning into powerful rivers carving through mountains and returning to the source to do it all again. Everyone living right now on the planet is charging forward. We are the future and the past combined. We are alive.”
The painting features two riders on horseback. The use of the gold-painted areas to signify the importance of the reins, shields, or quivers as the subtle strong elements within his paintings. Derek is an exceptional artist and an important voice among young Native artists!
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Brown, Derek No-Sun
Derek No-Sun Brown is from the Shoshone-Bannock, Klamath, and Anishinabe people. He was raised on the Boise Fort Reservation in northern Minnesota and the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho. No-Sun has been quoted as saying: “Being exposed to different cultures at an early age made me appreciate and love all my people because we are connected to the same source, we all fight the same war and share the same struggle. The Source is our ceremony, and the struggle that is shared between all Native people are issues of identity, poverty, and degradation of indigenous culture and land. The war is how Native people fight against these issues; today, we fight using education, legislation, music, art, and many other facets other than non-physical solutions.” No-Sun also stated: “Art for me was a way to combat the negative aspects of reservation life because a lot of things are out of your control at a young age, and art was something I could control; it eased my anxiety and gave me an outlet for my energy.” No-Sun is a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.