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Original Oil on Canvas

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Original Oil on Canvas
by Baida White Bead entitled "Pueblo Dance" Image measures 20"x24" in gold wood frame. Raised in the Pacoima area of Los Angeles, CA, Baida has an interesting heritage, she is one quarter Irish, the rest is Cherokee Indian. Baida's father was "Chief Blackhawk" of the earlier Barnum & Bailey three ring circus. She specializes in American Indian primitives in bold and beautiful colors depicting, spirits, robed figures and dancers. Baida also paints, writes and illustrates books on Native Americans. One of her noted books is by Solveig Paulson Russell entitled "Navajo Land" for which she illustrated and did the cover art. Baida Whitebead has won resident fellowships with the Huntington Harvard Foundation and has displayed her works at festivals and galleries throughout California.