Between Earth and Sky

For generations, Native American Indians dreamed of the buffalo, prayed to him, told myths about him ~ made a sign for him using their hands and forefingers crooked inwards, and drew magic symbols of him on cave walls, rocks, their clothing and dwellings.  The buffalo was “big medicine” and meant everything to them ~ food, clothing, shelter, survival.  As I ponder on the stories told for generations of the west, and the importance of the American bison - I wanted to portray a lasting powerful image that represented the millions of buffalo that dwindled during the 1800’s.  Thus, “Between Earth & Sky” was born ~ a lone bull standing alone on terra-firma reflecting the past and a hopeful future, a powerful lasting image of the western saga.