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Katherine J. Grantham

"Prairie Thunder" by Katherine J. Grantham

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A young man raises the sacred pipe in reverent salute to his vision...

Ink, colored with Tombow art markers, tweaked a bit in Photoshop. My apologies for any mistakes in native dress -- good reference materials can be hard to find.




DateNameComment 
17 Jun 200245 Bumbledust
All bow before Tatanka (the white buffalo)!
17 Jun 200245 Tigger55358
AWSOME! me Cherokee, so me likes this kind of stuff.
luv the detail!
me really likes2
19 Jun 2002:-) Navah Rosensweig
It's amazing - a quite powerful picture. I love the angle, and the sheer power of the picture. Beautiful.
21 Jan 200345 Anette Rudshaug
cool. reminds me of the scene with Mufasa-in-a-cloud from Lion King 2
5 Feb 200345 Reen Brust
This is fantastic. Great job with conveying the power of the vision.

:-) Katherine J. Grantham replies: "Thanks much! This is one of my personal favorite pieces of art for that very reason, and the one most likely to be the subject of a painting should I take up acrylics again."
24 Sep 2003:-) Steve Doyle
This reminds me of lyrics in Dave Crossland's song. "When the Buffalo Come Back" :

"And what have you learned, and what have you gained since you laid those iron tracks?
O, you best be running from the thunder when the buffalo come back."

If you're interested, full lyrics can be found here:
http://www.davecrossland.com/lyrbuffalo.html
29 Feb 200445 Nefirel
Wow! What a magical yet menacing thunder cloud. Lovely concept too, very spiritual.
27 Mar 200445 AnOnYmOuS
*scratches head and thinks*...Indian,bonzai tree,Indian,bonzai tree...together?

:-) Katherine J. Grantham replies: "Kind of big for a bonsai, isn't it? It's supposed to be an old, dwarfed, gnarled cedar tree clinging to life and the cliff, rather like the Witch Tree of Lake Superior."
30 Mar 2004:-) M. ´Kurt´ LeCourtois
Ooo.Me likes this one^^ Very nice job in the coloring and perspective.
30 Mar 200445 Kyrissean
And he shall thunder in the sky

:-) Katherine J. Grantham replies: "Hmm. Have you been reading Elizabeth Peters? (Working my way through the lot of Peabody books...again.)"
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About 'Prairie Thunder':
 • Status: OK
 • Created by: :-) Katherine J. Grantham
 • Copyright: ©Katherine J. Grantham. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Native, American, Indian, Man, Sacred, Peace, Pipe, Vision, White, Buffalo, Thundercloud, Thunder, Cloud, Stampede, Canyon, Prairie
 • Categories: Angels, Religious, Spiritual, Holy, Dream Imagery
 • Techniques: Black Ink, Markers
 • Views: 916
 • Resolution: 375x500


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