November 5 – Happy Birthday, Howard Terpning

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n Whatnyou have to know is that the painting is really large. It was almostnthe size of the wall it was displayed on at the Autry Museum. Thenwater seems to be a powerful force, but even more powerful were thenattentive eyes of the Native Americans in the painting. Even thoseneyes I couldn’t see seemed to be checking out the gorgeous landscapenin a way I never had: reveling in the beauty, sure, but alsoncalculating how to proceed, on alert for danger, more intimately tiednto everything they saw.
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nSincenthen I have seen many of Terpning’s paintings. One time the Autry hadnan entire show devoted to his works, with 92 paintings on display. Ofncourse I went! My uncle showed me a DVD about the artist, and it wasnfascinating to hear how he thinks up and researches, composes andnpaints his works. For example, Terpning always starts by covering thenwhite of his canvas with browns or sometimes greens—earth tonesnthat sometimes shine through the layers of paint he later dabs ontonthe toned canvases.

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nAlthoughnhe was very successful as a commercial artist, Terpning left hisncomfy home and well-paid practice to become a combat artist innVietnam. This was in response to an invitation from the Marine Corps;nTerpning did some training and then lived with a group of Marinesnstationed in South Vietnam, going out on patrols armed with hisncamera and sketch pad.
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nInn1974, Terpning gave up his commercial art career to focus on creatingnfine art paintings on the subjects HE wanted to paint. And of coursenthat meant the old West. Plains Indians: the Crow, the Lakota, the Comanche, the Kiowa, and many other groups.

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• Checknout the beginning of that DVD I enjoyed so much.

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• Herenis a gallery of Terpning pieces. Enjoy! 

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Anniversary of the Day of Giving for victims of Hurricane Sandy 

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nAnniversarynof the discovery of x-rays

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nElection Day in the U.S.A. 

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