Pair of Original Paintings of Deer Dancer and Ram Dancer [SOLD]

Roybal grew up under the artistic influence of his well-known uncle, Awa Tsireh. Early in his education, he studied at St. Catherine's School in Santa Fe and at the Business College of Santa Fe. In the early 1950s he and Julia were married and it was then that he started producing pueblo dance designs on hand-painted Christmas cards and note cards. By 1955 he was seriously painting larger works and recognition for his talents came from the Heard Museum in Phoenix and the Philbrook in Oklahoma. He received a consistent string of first prizes in painting for each year since the Eight Northern Pueblos Arts and Crafts Shows began.

He is known by most collectors for his Koshari clown figures, mostly in note card size, but he was quite adept at painting larger images and very good at illustrating traditional dance figures such as this Deer Dancer and Ram Dancer. The costuming detail is quite remarkable and the facial expressions reflect the seriousness of the dancers.

These two individual paintings have been framed in a single frame using all acid-free materials.

Condition:  Both paintings appear to be in original excellent condition but have not been examined out of the frame.

Provenance:  from an Albuquerque gentleman

Recommended Reading:  Southwest Indian Painting a Changing Art by Clara Lee Tanner