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Moon of Fatness Woodcut

Dawn Senior, of Moonhorse Art Studio, has worked in a wide variety of media including charcoal, oil paintings, woodcuts, gouaches, claybords and scratchboards. Her artwork, especially her woodcuts, are a greatly influenced by Native American art. She lived among the Navaho and Hopi on the Arizona deserts for five years as a teenager, and has also spent time on the Rosebud and Wind River Reservations with the Lakota, and Arapaho tribes. Native American legends and Native American myth are a great inspiration on her artwork, especially her woodcuts.

Moon of Deep Sleep Woodcut - Dawn's Native American-inspired woodcut illustrates the impact of Native American legend and Native American myth on her artwork.

Size: 14" x 11"
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Limited Edition of 100
Print available: On 13 x 19 watercolor paper (maximum image size 12 x 18). Price is $25 and shipping $5.

More information about this Native American-inspired woodcut below.

Moon of Fatness was the first piece of art Dawn created after returning home from her first Sun Dance. Although it makes no direct reference to this powerful experience, it reflects some of her excitement and expresses the strong impact it had on her art, writing, and life.

The title refers to the month of June (roughly -- the Lakota calendar is lunar), when the wild grasses grow thick and luxuriant for the buffalo to fatten themselves before winter.

The wild grasses she has carved include Indian millet, foxtail, eared brome, fescue, needlegrass, and wheatgrass. The plant on the other side is the sacred sage. The turtle represents "long life." The reddish designs, which surround the white profile silhouette of a bison's head, were created by beetle larvae who chewed tunnels into an old piece of weathered ranch fence.

If you would like more information on our artwork or would like to place an order, email Moonhorse Art Studio or call us 307.327.5381. We look forward to hearing from you!