Bronze, Edition of 24
32"H x 13"W x 10 1/4"D
Pre-Cast" $4750
with half down to order

Bronze Wall Hanging
Edition of 35
11.5"H x 8.5"W
Pre-Cast: $1,650

 Detail

      Detail

Pre-cast: $4,950
Half down to order

Detail

"Running Thunder"
29" High, 14" Wide, 12" Deep
Edition of 24
$6,200

Edition Sold Out, Artist Proof  Only Available

Back  View

"Sacred Traditions"
30 1/4" High, 21" Wide, 9" Deep
Edition of 24

Back View

"Mountain Spirit Blessing" Apache
Bronze, Edition of 24
27"H x 9"W x 9"D
Pre-cast: $2,800
Half down to order

It is a sculpture of the Indian maiden walking along the beach as she is seeing the Pacific Ocean for the first time.  She has her moccasins in her right  hand, baby on her back, and is shielding her eyes from the sun with her left hand. 

"Sacajawea - Jan 1806" is an edition of 24, the size is 
27" high X 12" wide.

Back view of "Sacajawea - Jan 1806".

From 1910-1930, during the golden age of rodeo, circuit riding Cowgirls followed the rodeos and competed in events such as trick riding, trick roping, steer roping, bronc riding, bulldogging and relay races.  These women of the west traveled by horses and trains to follow the circuit.  Wearing their "Leathers" they had the true "Grace" of the finest ladies of the west.

Sharon Waggoner, model and wife of Lyle Waggoner of Carol Burnett fame was the model for this sculpture.  She wears a split horse hide riding skirt from the 1920's. Her boots have cut out designs of butterflies and hearts which match the skirt with it's heart shaped concho buckles perfectly.  Both along with the spurs and beaded spur straps are in a private collection in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  The beaded gauntlets are in the collection of the artist.

Edition number nineteen of "Leather and Grace" is in the permanent art collection of the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Ft. Worth, Texas.

"Leather & Grace" is an edition of 24, the size is 
29" high X 11" wide X 10" deep.

This proud Apache warrior stands holding his rifle in a buckskin scabbard.  The rifle represents the Apache's fierce and successful resistance to the U.S. Cavalry.  Before White contact the Chiricahua (Cho-kon-en) Apache range included southwestern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, and the northern areas of the Mexico states of Sonora and Chihuahua.

Typical clothing for the Apache of the late 1800's was the vest obtained at a fort or trading post with a lightweight shirt underneath.  The trousers, made of lightweight cotton as well, were worn with the shirttail left outside.  They wore the traditional moccasins with the turned up toe.  It is said that this toe was for protection from rocks, cactus etc., but according to early Apache informants the turned up toe was strictly for decoration.  He wears around his waste a cartridge belt with the ammunition he will need for the task at hand.  Around his neck he wears a war necklace that hold what appears to be a variation of the Christian cross.  The missionaries of the period were so pleased at how fast the Indians became cross-carrying Christians when in actuality the Indians thought these crosses where dragonflies, symbols of good luck and supernatural support.  

The cross was a pair of tweezers as well.  Not liking facial hair the Apache's would pluck the hair with tweezers to remove it.

Detail view of "Chiricahua Apache"

"Chiricahua Apache" is an edition of 24, the size is 
30" high X 11" wide X 9" deep.

In early ranching history, before barbed wire fences, cattle from area ranches would be identified by their brands.  Each ranch had it's own registered and unique brand for it's cattle.  These brands showed up in other places as well.  Very often ranchers as well as cowboys would have their personal brands put on items such as chaps, spurs, belt buckles etc.  Brands would be carved into pistols, rifles, and other items to show ownership.  A ranch foreman might send a ranch hand into town for supplies.  When the supplies were gathered and totaled by the Mercantile the cowboy would often sign for these supplies with the ranch's brand.  The ranch brand truly was the "Cowboy Signature".

"Cowboy Signature"  is an edition of 24, the size is  30" high X 11 1/2" wide X 12 1/2" deep.

Detail view of chaps.

By the 1800's virtually all the plains tribes were confined to life on reservations without the buffalo herds and tepee camps that were in abundance only a generation before.  Led by the Paiute prophet, Woveka, renewed hope was brought to the reservations by a religious movement known as the Ghost Dance.  This dance was a combination of Native American Spirituality and Christianity.  Followers of this movement dressed in highly decorated shirts and dresses and performed this dance in belief it would return to them the land, buffalo herds and their preservation  way of life.  Thee hopes, along with the Ghost Dance, could not long survive the massacre of a band of Sioux at Wounded Knee.

The painted images on the garment derive from traditional symbols of the greater cosmos, which had been disturbed by the destructive events of the 19th Century.  This Ghost Dance dress was divided into two halves.  The top was symbolic of the sky and the bottom symbolic of the land.  The green at the bottom of the dress represents the earth.  The crow and magpie were revered as sacred birds of the Ghost Dance.  The crow was a special messenger from the spirit world and acted as the leader of spirit armies who would rejoin departed friends in the spirit land above.  The circles, moons and stars on the top half of the dress signify the heavens and the other world where spirits of their ancestors dwell.  The images seen on the Ghost Dance garments came from dreams of the individuals who wore them.

The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress was in the Chandler-Phort Collection bus has recently been purchased by the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming.

"Arapaho Ghost Dance"  Edition of 15, 2/3 Life Size

The gathering of food was one of the major responsibilities of the Apache women.  Among the many plants harvested were agave, yucca, cactus fruit, wild onions, pinion nuts and a variety of berries.  They were gathered and prepared not only for daily use but also to be stored in caves for emergency use while on the move.   The food would be stored in baskets such as the Olla baskets to the right of Skye.  The Apache women played a very important role in the maintenance of the Apache way of life.

"Apache Skye" wears a traditional Apache Puberty Ceremony dress as well as a "T" necklace.  The women were  allowed to wear their dresses after their Sunrise Ceremony until they were married.  She is also wearing the traditional moccasins with the turned up toe.  The toe tab was purely decorative and had nothing to do with protecting the toe as is commonly repeated (Western Apache Material Culture).  She sits with an Apache flat basket in her lap to her side is an Apache Olla.  Crosses were and still are a common pattern used in the basketry.

"Apache Skye"  is an edition of 24, 16" high X 19" wide X 13" deep.

"Wind of Change", a formidable Crow warrior, is a man of importance among his tribe, evidenced by the American presentation flag he wears draped over one shoulder.  As scouts for the U.S. Cavalry the Crows were fighting with the flag instead of against it and therefore developed a penchant for the flag with which to parade.  Dressed reservation period he is wearing a traditional Crow beaded war shirt, leggings and moccasins and carries his rifle in a beaded and fringed hide rifle scabbard.  In his hair is the traditional "Crows Bows".  These hair ornaments are unique to the crow tribe.  On his left bow is an additional decoration that extends upwards.

In this sculpture the flag also represents the changes that the Crows were now going through on the reservation and with the slight breeze blowing across the figure it is titled "Winds of Change".

Detail View 

"Winds of Change" is an edition of 24, the bronze is 31 1/2" high X 16" wide X 10" deep.   $7,200

Edition Sold Out, Artist Proof  Only Available

"Strikes At Night", a Blackfoot brave named for his prowess to strike quickly and with great surprise at night, is dressed in traditional clothing just prior to the reservation period.  The beadwork on his moccasins, exclusive to the Blackfoot represents the three divisions of the tribe;  the Bloods, Blackfoot and the Piegans with a common origin from the earth.  The bone choker with the captured hair decoration is on display in the Blackfoot Museum on the Reservation in Browning, Montana.  This decoration was used for intimidation in battle.  It lets the enemy know that they are fighting a very courageous and powerful warrior that has counted coup and captured an enemies scalp.  He is also holding a rifle in a buckskin scabbard as well as a gunstock war club.  The club along with the rifle and knife scabbard, are decorated with brass trade tacks, which was a very common decoration among the Blackfoot tribe.  Strikes at Night's leggings are decorated with a traditional as well as the most common design combinations, the "mountain" design and the "cross" design.  The "crosses" represent the Morning Star or the four directions.  The "mountains" represent the mountains or the tepee.

"Strikes At Night" is a edition of 15, the bronze is 2/3rd life size, 6 1/2' tall on base.

Among the Northern Cheyenne, as well as a number of other plains tribes, the largest warrior society was known as the "Dog Men Society".  The U.S. Military called them the "Dog Soldiers".  This Society was made up of the several hundred elite Northern Cheyenne warriors.  Leadership within the society is made up of a Chief and seven assistants.  Four of the bravest warriors were chosen to wear the "Dog Rope".  This dog rope or sash is worn over one shoulder and under the other arm and trails to the ground for a total length of about eight feet.  It is decorated with porcupine quills and feathers.

These four elite warriors were expected to protect their fellow warriors and tribe and if needed, die for them.  The sash was staked to the ground and they fought from that position until victorious or relived by a fellow warrior.  They are appointed to this position based on their brave acts in battle.  They usually held this position for about a year.  After that, having survived, they were held with high esteem, within the tribe for their bravery.

The headdress worn consists of a cap with a beaded brow band.  Attached to the cap and standing erect were feathers of the crow and hawk.  The four feathers on the back are eagle tail feathers with hair attached to the ends.  The warriors also wear around their neck and eagle wing bone whistle.

In "Prayer of the Dog Soldier"  the warrior has his head back praying for strength, courage and success in battle.  He wears his finest moccasins with the thunderbird beaded on the top.  On his knife case the figure of the dragonfly is beaded.  Both are powerful symbols to the Northern Cheyenne.

The shield is worn in a relaxed position over his left shoulder, which carries with it the strength and powers of the bear.  The tracks of the bear are seen on the left side and represents the bear emerging from his den.  The horizontal stripes on the right side represent this den.  Bear medicine was believed to be among the most potent.

"Prayer of the Dog Soldier" is a edition of 24, the bronze is 34" high.

"The One I Adore"
Navajo
Edition of 24
19" high X 12 1/2" wide X 13" deep

"Wild West Fandango"
Edition of 24
25" high

"Walks In The Rain"
29" high X 10" wide X 10 1/2" deep

"General James Longstreet"
Edition of 30
27" high

"General Robert E. Lee"
Edition of 30
26 1/2" high