4 th Grade - February Baje Whitethorn

Meet the Artist Baje grew up on the Navajo Reservation near Shonto, Arizona. As a child, he loves storytelling and would make up stories on the way to their grandmother's house. Currently, Baje resides in Flagstaff, Arizona, and he continues to pursue his childhood interests of storytelling and art. Baje has illustrated eight children's books, two of which he also authored.

More About the Artist Baje White, Sr. is outstanding among contemporary Navajo artists. His finely detailed paintings are alive with bold rhythms of composition: rocks, canyons and trees surge upward toward vast and colorful skies. When he finished high school, he enrolled in the Northern Arizona University to study fine arts.

Using Color He likes to experiment with “only the three primary colors – red, blue and yellow – so I could learn to mix and create my own.”

Persevering the Long Walk Toward Sovereignty