Native People's Painted Pony - Retired 2E/0387 NR

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ALL PROCEEDS GO TO MUSTANG ALLEY HORSE RESCUE PLEASE HELP US SAVE THE HORSES!! WE ARE AN OFFICIAL PAINTED PONIES DEALER AND CAN FILL ALL YOUR PAINTED PONIES NEEDS. PLEASE ORDER ALL YOUR PAINTED PONIES FROM US AS EVERY PENNY GOES TO THE ABUSED, NEGLECTED, UNWANTED, SLAUGHTERBOUND & AGED HORSES. IF WE DON'T HAVE THEM IN STOCK, WE'LL ORDER THEM FOR YOU! " NATIVE PEOPLE'S PONY " RETIRED! 2E/0387 RETIRED "As an artist, I have always had this vision of different cultures around the world coming together sharing their beliefs, customs, blending as one on this small planet we call Mother Earth," says Frank Salcido, a Navajo from the Standing House Clan, living in Portland Oregon. With both sides of his Ponyâe(tm)s face represented by Aztec and Mayan warriors, adorned with tribal figures from an Australian Aborigine to an African Masai woman, Frank has fulfilled his artistic mission of using positive themes to contemporarily showcase traditional lifestyles. Ceramic Measures 6" Artist: Frank Salcido ABOUT THE ARTIST:Frank Salcido Peter Max Comes to the Reservation Frank Salcido He is a full-blooded member of the Navajo Tribe from the Towering House Clan, born and raised near the Eastern Agency on the Navajo Reservation.As a young boy he attended many traditional ceremonies and as an adult he often dresses traditionally - his dark brown hair pulled back into a chonga knot, a Navajo-style bun men wear at the nape of the neck. But Frank Salcido considers himself a multi-cultural person. While technically he was reservation raised, it was in the "checkerboard area" of the Navajo Reservation w Indian land, public land and private land were mixed together. Yes, t was a hogan in the backyard, and yes, many of his friends were Navajo kids, but just as many "white kids" were friends of his, and if the truth were told, he enjoyed hanging out at their houses more because they had TVs. As for his education, while his grandparents exposed him to Navajo beliefs, the bus that ran past his house delivered him to public school, w he learned to speak perfect English.He came of age in the '70s, and they were exciting times for Native youths. Members of the American Indian Movement were stirring up politics-as-usual, and the times were changing in Indian Country. Although Frank was uncomfortable with political radicalism, a rebel spirit infused his behavior. He wore his hair long and his blue jeans had bell-bottoms. He jammed to Credence Clearwater Revival and, when he graduated from high school, he made a pilgrimage to San Francisco, immersing himself in the alternative music and art scene. "The Lone Navajo and Pale Face" On a separate but parallel trek, t was his art. He'd always had a "good natural hand" for drawing, and he'd been encouraged by his teachers to exercise it. His influences were a curious mix: he was fascinated by the traditional images found on animal hides, petroglyphs and ledger drawings, and yet his color choices and style owed more to the psychedelic artwork found on Peter Max concert posters and album covers of the era. The originality of this combination helped him gain acceptance to the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, w he earned an AFA degree (Affirmative Fine Arts).In the years that followed, Frank held a variety of employment positions - he worked on the railroads for a number of years, and he worked in Wyoming as a park ranger at Grand Teton National Park. He married and became the father of two. But he never forgot his art, and he used this time and his diverse experiences to develop a distinctive style and perspective that, according to the publication "The Kiss" Indian Country Today, "sets him clearly apart from the R.C. Gormans of the world. While Salcido likes to paint Navajo women in their velveteen blouses and sateen skirts and squash blossom necklaces, he does so in swaths of bold color that resonate more with a fantasy world than with the muted palette ... read more

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