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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Frybread Peddler
 

 

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

(image area: 8 x 10) Limited Edition Print

These are the Choctaw words for counting from one to ten. The dancers in the upper right corner are doing a Duck Dance.


$25.00
Choctaw Numbers

(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
Choctaw Stickball
(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
Young Love
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
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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