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No-Sun Brown, Derek – “The Water Jar” India Ink on Canvas (36″ x 48″)
36" x 48"
$ 5,500.00
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, “The Water Jar”. It is India Ink on canvas. While it may seem easy, watching Derek paint with India ink has its own challenges and “control of the flow”. Derek said of this piece,
“This painting is my first Pueblo-themed piece. My wife, Kaa Folwell, is from Santa Clara Pueblo, and I’ve always been inspired by their perseverance and dedication to the culture. The water jar she is holding has incredible significance to both the life of a pottery and the life of the Pueblo. I’m from Fort Hall, Idaho, and enrolled in the Shoshone Bannock and Anishinabe from Bois Forte in Minnesota. We got our horses from the Tewa (Pueblo) people when they defeated the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. We continue to all be connected”.
Derek has beautifully captured a Pueblo woman with a water jar on her head. The subtle shadows of her dress and shawl are amazing from his ink process.
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Brand:Brown, Derek No-Sun
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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, “Santa Clara Potter”. It is India Ink on canvas. While it may seem easy, watching Derek paint with India ink has its own challenges and “control of the flow”. Derek said of this piece,
“This painting is my first Pueblo-themed piece. My wife, Kaa Folwell, is from Santa Clara Pueblo, and I’ve always been inspired by their perseverance and dedication to the culture. I’m from Fort Hall, Idaho, and enrolled in the Shoshone Bannock and Anishinabe from Bois Forte in Minnesota. We got our horses from the Tewa (Pueblo) people when they defeated the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. We continue to all be connected”.
Derek has beautifully captured a Pueblo woman with a water jar on her head. The subtle shadows of her dress and shawl are amazing from his ink process.
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Derek No-Sun Brown is from the Shoshone-Bannock, Klamath, and Anishinabe people. He was raised on the Boise Fort Reservation in northen 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.
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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 northen 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.