Original Painting “Purple Parade Parasol” [SOLD]

Sharron Ahtone Harjo (b.1945 - ) Sain-Tah-Oodie, Kiowa Nation, is an art instructor, basket maker and painter.  She was born in Carnegie, Oklahoma, attended high school in Montana, schooled at the Armory for the Arts in Santa Fe, attended Bacone College, and Northeastern State University in Oklahoma.  She is not only very well educated she is well qualified as an artist.  She has been widely exhibited in shows throughout the United States and has won awards at many of them.  She has contributed to her Nation as a member of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women, been awarded the Outstanding Indian Woman of Oklahoma Award, and selected as one of only 8 Oklahoma Indian artists exhibited in the Year of the Indian Exhibition in Oklahoma.

This painting has all the charm of nostalgia, the allure of color, and the appreciation of fineness.  Harjo did a beautiful job of drawing and painting and exquisite use of color.  It is so easy to be swept back into history through this work and long for the days when reservation life was beautiful and colorful.

Condition: appears to be in original condition

Recommended Reading: The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters by Patrick Lester.  This book is currently not available from Adobe Gallery

Provenance:  from the Marvin and Betty Rubin Collection.  Purchased by them from the Heard Museum