Shonto Begay

Grandfather Tree of Knowledge

shonto — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:02:52 +0000

Fresh from the studio “Grandfather Tree of Knowledge” app. 6′ x 4′, acrylic on canvas. A part of the feature article in the upcoming Mountain Living magazine. Check it out. Magazine is on the newsstand soon. Painting is available now.

Shonto to grace Mountain Living cover

shonto — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:53:35 +0000

Northern Arizona’s Mountain Living Magazine will feature Shonto Begay on January’s cover, along with an in-depth interview inside, available on stands Dec. 30. Photo by Betsey Bruner.

See the painting in the picture: http://shontogallery.com/wp/archives/389

Giclées for sale!

shonto — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:30:21 +0000

Three new Giclée prints available: “Into the Sacred,” “Reception,” and “Willie, Waylon and Me.” $850 framed/$450 unframed shrink wrapped. Stories of our lives, what we’ve survived. Dreams that continue to conspire and inspire .Three new Giclée prints available: “Into the Sacred,” “Reception,” and “Willie, Waylon and Me.” $850 framed/$450 unframed shrink wrapped. Stories of our lives, what we’ve survived. Dreams that continue to conspire and inspire .

“Into the Sacred.” Original is in the permanent collection of the Booth Western Arts Museum.

“Reception.” The antennae of my birthplace. The mesa above my studio in Shonto; the only place I can get cell reception. 7000′. It’s a place of reception – of light, of self discovery. My chapter officials sit in reception the foreground.

“Willie, Waylon, and Me,” trouble on US 160…again. What more needs to be said?

Arizona Valentine

shonto — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:46:15 +0000

To commemorate Arizona’s 100 years of statehood which occurs on Feb. 14, 2012, the Phoenix Sky Harbor Museum is presenting the exhibition “Arizona Valentine” from Nov. 12 – June 3. I submitted and had accepted a painting called Navajo Mountain Matriarchs (formerly “Day at Navajo Mountain Horse Race”)

Respite II

shonto — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:56:01 +0000

Face the Truth, Give Peaks a Chance

shonto — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:34:26 +0000

Like Maori warriors, we speak our ancestors’ prayers across our skin. When audible words no longer carry weight and pleas cast into the coming storm dissipate, we volunteered our faces to carry our messages. You have seen us, our mugs wheat-pasted and enlarged in black-and-white expressions of our intent as you navigate the streets of this town.

http://www.flaglive.com/flagstafflive_story.cfm?storyID=226337

Me and Marvin and Another Sunrise 1974

shonto — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:31:29 +0000

Fresh off the easel: “Me and Marvin and another sunrise 1974.” On the road north of Kayenta. 2′ x 3′

Rim Dancer

shonto — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:05:28 +0000

Inspired by my week at the Grand Canyon, part of the Grand Canyon Association’s plein air event. “Rim Dancer.” 2′ x 3′

With Dreams

shonto — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:43:08 +0000

Watching Us Watching Us

shonto — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:42:26 +0000