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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4 x 14, Watercolor on paper

Traditional Choctaw stickball sticks are designed with one vertical leather lace and one horizontal. The handles are squared. The ball is woven in leather over a round base such as a stone or wooden ball.The diamonds in the background are a design on traditional Choctaw clothing.
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Stickball Sticks with Diamonds

(image area: 5x7) Limited Edition Print

The Choctaw Snake Dance is reproduced from an acrylic painting. It shows how the dance is done by a line formed with men in the front, followed by the women.

 


$20.00
Snake Dance
 

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
Native Flower
 

Nashoba is a blank notecard with envelope. Nashoba is the Choctaw word for wolf.


 


$3.00
Nashoba
10 x 8, Watercolor on paper

The Choctaw were the first tribe to be invited by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian to present a festival celebrating their culture. This is a War Dance. Choctaws are among the few tribes that allow women to participate in a war dance. They acknowledged the women's contributions to their effort.
$1,500.00
War Dance at the Smithsonian
 

 

This Christmas card comes in a package of 8. The text inside says: "May the simple joys of family and friends, songs and smiles, be yours this Christmas." A brief description is written on the back of the card.

$14


$14.00
Drummer Boy
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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