From: www.Art Blog/Eric Whollem.htm Essu means 'old woman' in the Concow Maidu Indian language. This work is a fanciful rendering of an elderly lady with her baskets. I have lived in close proximity to many Maidu people over the years. The language and culture has penetrated my art.

Earth Sprite ash paint and gouache on paper; aboriginal art; aboriginal art; modern art; figurative art; absract art; folk art; figurative abstraction.

abstract art, pictographs The Forest of Hands The Forest of Hands abstract art, pictographs

A pictographic abstraction. The Beetle A pictographic abstraction.

pictographic abstraction The Gunas pictographic abstraction

Figurative abstraction Bird  Philosophy Figurative abstraction

CHARACTERS WITH DUAL POLARITIES pictographic art, figurative expressionism

abstract art; figurative abstraction Dancing Color abstract art; figurative abstraction

Pictographic abstraction. Pictographic Tableau Pictographic abstraction.

Constellation of the Geranium figurative abstraction; geometric abstraction

natural earth pigments gathered by the artist; Garden of the Turtle natural earth pigments gathered by the artist;

using earth paints gathered by the artist;. Goddess using earth paints gathered by the artist;.

Luncheon of the Bird People using earth pigments gathered in nature by the artist

Native American sweat lodge traditions Sweat Vision Native American sweat lodge traditions

; abstraction; figurative abstraction Ancestral Tree ; abstraction; figurative abstraction

geometric figurative abstraction; O, City Woman geometric figurative abstraction;

earth paints and gouache on paper; geometric abstraction Reflections earth paints and gouache on paper; geometric abstraction

contemporary symbolist folk art; Maidu Indian influences The Yellow Fish contemporary symbolist folk art; Maidu Indian influences

Modoc petroglyphs north of Shasta; Indian art; shamanic art, rock art The Alchemy Modoc petroglyphs north of Shasta; Indian art; shamanic art, rock art

Native American Insect Medicine Worm World Native American Insect Medicine

Flowers Among the Stones Watercolor and wax resist on paper

Reminiscences of Aztlan pictographs; petroglyphs, rock art

watercolor and wax resist The Cloud Garden watercolor and wax resist

wax resist; Maidu Indian religion: the Dream Lodge Dance of the Kuksu wax resist; Maidu Indian religion: the Dream Lodge

pictographs; rock art; Maidu Indians Little Spirit People pictographs; rock art; Maidu Indians

When I was staying at Black Earth Village in Feather Falls, the old Indian grandfather used to sit  under the walnut tree, where he would set out a tub of water with a stick across the top. This was a wasp trap. Insects would fall into the water and drown, thus eliminating what otherwise would have been a bothersome pest in the area of seats in the shade. Meat bees were especially hard to take with their painful bites. I did not choose to place the wasp nest on this painting, the wasps chose this painting to establish their nest. They apparently wanted their story to be told. I lived off and on at Chi Chi Te, or Black Earth Villlage for many years, among my friends who happened to be Concow Maidu Indians. The black background in this painting is made from rough chunks of charcoal, ground in a mortar. The green and blue earth paints where gathered from Forbestown and Lumpkin Road respectively. WASP DOCTOR

gathered from Forbestown and Lumpkin Road respectively. “ “When I was staying at Black Earth Village in Feather Falls, the old Indian grandfather used to sit  under the walnut tree, where he would set out a tub of water with a stick across the top. This was a wasp trap. Insects would fall into the water and drown, thus eliminating what otherwise would have been a bothersome pest in the area of seats in the shade. Meat bees were especially hard to take with their painful bites. I did not choose to place the wasp nest on this painting, the wasps chose this painting to establish their nest. They apparently wanted their story to be told. “ “I lived off and on at Chi Chi Te, or Black Earth Villlage for many years, among my friends who happened to be Concow Maidu Indians. The black background in this painting is made from rough chunks of charcoal, ground in a mortar. The green and blue earth paints where gathered from Forbestown and Lumpkin Road respectively. “ When I was staying at Black Earth Village in Feather Falls, the old Indian grandfather used to sit  under the walnut tree, where he would set out a tub of water with a stick across the top. This was a wasp trap. Insects would fall into the water and drown, thus eliminating what otherwise would have been a bothersome pest in the area of seats in the shade. Meat bees were especially hard to take with their painful bites. I did not choose to place the wasp nest on this painting, the wasps chose this painting to establish their nest. They apparently wanted their story to be told. I lived off and on at Chi Chi Te, or Black Earth Villlage for many years, among my friends who happened to be Concow Maidu Indians. The black background in this painting is made from rough chunks of charcoal, ground in a mortar. The green and blue earth paints where gathered from Forbestown and Lumpkin Road respectively.

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Greasy Grass Premonition Maidu Indian artist – Judith Lowry

Maidu Indian – acrylic art, the coyote – the trickster Harry Fonseca Maidu Indian – acrylic art, the coyote – the trickster