Greenwich Workshop Fine Art Giclée Canvas                                                
Image size: 25" x 35"     Edition size: 150 signed and numbered

Framing Suggestions

To the Native American, a spiritual force was the source of all life and everything in nature had a soul, or a spirit, independent of its physical being. Their entire world was connected spiritually, with the physical and the mystical living side by side. This spirituality was the fundamental nature of the Plains Indian and the expanse of the West and the grandeur of its landscape only enforced this notion. “It is important to show the American Indian as he appears in his natural surroundings,” says Howard Terpning. “He lives with Mother Earth and his spirituality is bound to his environment. Many of my paintings are inspired by something in nature. The thing I look for in a landscape is how it can be dramatized to the best advantage in the painting.”

Many of Terpning’s most revered paintings focus on the wonder, admiration and respect the Native Americans held for the land in which they lived. The Force of Nature Humbles All Men, With Mother Earth and On the Edge of the World all explore the introspective power nature has over man. Where Spirits Dwell takes that idea one step further by presenting, in scale, the majestic scope of the land in relationship to man.

A New York Times article on Western art and the annual Coeur dAlene Art Auction in 2007 had this to say about the artist: Howard Terpning just may be the most successful living American artist youve never heard of. The auctioneer Peter Stremmel concurred. Everyone is after Terpnings work. They see him as the next Russell or Remington, (referring to Charles Russell and Frederic Remington, the two most famous Western art painters from the end of the 19th century). Several of Terpnings paintings had already broken the million dollar mark and his record sale price has climbed since to $1,456,000. Additionally, its getting harder to find a serious art collector who doesnt recognize his name. Howard was honored at the Masters of the American West show at the Autry Museum with A Tribute to Howard Terpning February 2011.

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