Native American Artist, Choctaw Artist, Choctaw Art, Original Native American paintings and colored pencil drawings, limited edition prints and notecards depicting Choctaw culture, language and games by Choctaw artist Gwen Coleman Lester
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Native Flower is a blank notecard with envelope. The text on the back of the notecard gives a description of her traditional Choctaw tribal dress.
$3.00
17x22, Charcoal on paper
The Choctaw Nation has a herd of buffalo that is in an area in Southeastern Oklahoma known as Buffalo Valley. It's close to Tushkahoma, Oklahoma. SOLD
(image area: 3x4) Limited Edition Print
The young Choctaw couple in this miniature print are standing in front of a Choctaw style house made of palmetto leaves.
$25.00
(image area: 11 x 14) Limited Edition Print
Yannash is the Choctaw word for buffalo.
$35.00
(image area: 4" x 12") Limited Edition Print
Stickball sticks are traditionally made with one vertical leather lace and one horizontal leather lace. Squared off handles are also the traditional design.
$25.00
18x 24, Acrylic on canvas
Girl Power is written in the Choctaw language across the top of the canvas. More and more young women and girls are playing the ancient game of stickball. In years past, there were few that participated, but now there are enough girls playing to form their own teams. SOLD
Welcome to Native Traditions Artworks, art by Gwen Coleman Lester, a member and registered Choctaw artist of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Gwen paints and draws anything that relates to Choctaw history and culture. She uses a myriad of styles and mediums. The sizes range from miniatures to murals.
Gwen regularly participates in Native art festivals and museum exhibits and competitions. She was inducted as a Master Artist for the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in 2007.Choctaw Nation has purchased her art as well as commissioning her work in murals. Gwen has done book covers for a major publisher and fully illustrated two children's books. Gwen welcomes commissions. Please contact her initially by email.
As always, I appreciate your interest in my art & in Choctaw culture.
YAKOKE--thanks-- for visiting my website.
Gwen
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