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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Nashoba is a blank notecard with envelope. Nashoba is the Choctaw word for wolf.
$3.00
(size: 18x24) Canvas Print
This limited edition canvas print is a reproduction of the mural that Gwen painted that now hangs in the Choctaw Nation Museum in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma. This Choctaw artwork depicts the Choctaw Removal from Mississippi to the Indian Territory now known as Oklahoma. This print is also available in a paper edition.
$125.00
(image area: 4 1/2 x 12 ) Watercolor on paper
This woman is in traditional Choctaw dress. The Lord's Prayer is written in the Choctaw language in the background.
SOLD
(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
24 x 48, acrylic on canvas
Native Americans were not allowed to vote in every state until 1962. Legislation in 1924 granted Natives citizenship, but the right to vote was still governed state by state. Don't take your right to vote for granted. The burden basket has copies of headlines and stories regarding native voting rights added to it. SOLD
10 x 14, Watercolor on paper
Code Talkers used their native languages to keep plans secure and out of enemy hands. The Choctaw soldiers were the first to be called on in World War I to do this. These warriors are juxtaposed with the young boys playing the game of stickball. This game was also called Little Brother of War. In times past, it was used to settle disputes, even disputes between tribes. $1,500.00
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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