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Navajo Oil Painting-Saved Seeds by Elriggs Allen [135589]

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Navajo Oil Painting-Saved Seeds by Elriggs Allen [135589]
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Saved Seeds original oil by Elriggs Allen. Inscribed on canvas reverse In the Navajo tradition the Yei-be-ches were the Spirits who found the 1st human child & raised his as their own feeding? him chants & prayers that are still used this day w/ corn poll en as the offering. I was born in the canyons of Arizona on a cold February morning. my first masterpieces were at the age of I which were mere scratches n the sand. by the age of three I was observing all colors & moved into the field of crayons a medium in which I still dabble at times. by the age of five I was drawing in the art of pencil & engaging in realism. Drawing horse & the land I lived on.......I still have pictures. by the age 10 I had adapted shadowing & lighting my works ....and won small art compactions in my age group. at 15 I had taken in all that public school art course's could offer.. & won several art shows in high school (New Mexico & Nevada divisions. )I constantly worked at home in my room on my make shift drawing boards. dreaming one day of becoming an artist......then the world crashed...my father passed away & I became a person of fear...I put art away & turn to the world of constant problems...bills..work..time...buying stuffs, losing stuff, wanting more & more....this took me into the life of unconscious living. I lived in the unconscious world of fear for eight years. Till one day I ended homeless in the streets.........I had nothing left to lose.......and it was their in the darkness of life I had a grand vision ans God spoke to me for the very first time " telling me that all life was a dream & a spirit & I should grab it & claim for what I want for that was the purpose of my life.. to live it....to love it."...that night & that moment on the streets of phoenix I changed all my views & pity upon my self...and rose. I came back to the reservation with 1.40 cents in my pocket.......and I started painting on anything I could find....." from elriggsallenart.carbonmade.com. Artist signature below on reverse. 41.5x53". [