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Original Oil on Canvas

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Original Oil on Canvas
Artist J Yazzie depicting Indians in a snowy landscape. Signed lower right "J Yazzie 86'. Image measures 35 1/2"x24" in wood frame with linen inset. The son of a medicine man and a Navajo traditional weaver, Johnny Yazzie was born on December 29, 1945 on the Navajo Reservation east of Tuba City, Arizona.  He is a painter, sculptor and jewelry maker, known primarily for his Southwest and Plains scenery paintings. He regards the Plains Indians who are subjects of many of his paintings a part of his extended family and conveys in his work a sense of spirituality, history, and his love for nature.  He has exhibited his art at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM, The Heard Museum in Phoenix, AZ and art galleries/shows in Denver CO, Santa Monica, CA, Sedona, AZ and Albuquerque, NM.  He also won awards at the New Mexico State Fair among others.