JDC#5 - Remembering the Sacred Ways - Last in Series -- For Now
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particular series, which is still "ongoing." I have lots of other
posts, some similar to this series but featuring other artists and
some very different. If there is interest, I'll be posting a lot more
of them.
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> Too bad this is the last one Bill, haven't had time to complement
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> previous ones, but I did see and enjoy them
> And this one is beautiful to and very informative.
> Helen J
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> J.D. Challenger - "Remembering the Sacred Ways"
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> This is my fifth J.D. Challenger. I have finally been able to
> discover more information about him.
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> "There are many times that I do things and don't know how or
why I do
> them. I just let each painting go where it must. It's difficult for
me to
> explain- I'm growing with the work, and growing as a person I always
strive
> to bring the emotion into the work. Basically if it comes from my
heart then
> it is good. I prefer to let the work tell the story. It's much
easier to put
> my heart on canvas." -J.D. Challenger
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> J.D Challenger is a southwestern artist who's work depicts
Native
> Americans of the late 1800's. J.D. proved himself to be one of
America's
> leading artists and an authority on the turbulent period in American
history
> known as the Indian Wars. Most of J.D.'s knowledge of the subject
has been
> given to him by the stories of the people who suffered most through
those
> times; the American Plains Indians.
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> J.D.'s one desire in life was to paint. But he didn't have the
> "luxury", as he calls it, of attending an art school. His art career
began
> at age seventeen when he sold his first piece, a landscape. J.D.
continued
> to hone his talents creating nature studies and still lifes using
watercolor
> on paper. But while on location as an extra in a western movie, he
saw a
> Native American Indian dressed in full 'Ghost Dance' costume. J.D.
had found
> his inspiration. 'Ghost Dance' refers to a religion that emerged
near 1860
> and lasted until approximately 1890. In J.D. Challenger's words, "It
was
> actually started by a man named Wovoka, a half Paiute who was raised
as an
> Anglo. It was a time in history where you had people, the Plains
Indians
> uprooted from their homes and land, a minority in their own damn
country.
> They were looking for hope, something to believe in, and here comes
Wovoka.
> He believed himself to be the Indian Messiah. ...Several of the
remaining
> Indian Nations united in this belief in hope of restoring their way
of life.
> They believed that by dancing for several days while wearing a ghost
shirt
> and ghost paint, the white man would disappear, the buffalo would
return,
> and those who had died would come back. That was all they wanted.
...The
> whole concept of this is a constant source of inspiration to me.
Maybe it's
> a hundred years too late..."
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> J.D. Challenger's artwork is a monument to the rugged American
Indians
> who fought to preserve their homeland. The spirits he belongs to
life convey
> the pride, courage, and sorrow of a nation that struggled to survive
as it
> was destroyed by another. Their way of life can never be regained,
but their
> strength lives on in J.D. Challenger's heart. He is a man of depth,
belief
> and conviction, and as long as he continues to deliver the messages
of old
> Indian ghosts, they will live on forever.
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> Graphic Techniques used in this post:
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> This image was retrieved from one of the galleries that sell
JDC
> artwork.
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> The image was adjusted for contrast and brightness in Picture
> Publisher 8. I then expanded it by 25 pixels using the dark blue
color of
> the narrow frame that was already on the image. I masked the
expansion,
> inverted the mask and used Alien Skin's Black Box, cutout filter to
make the
> first level of the frame.
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> I then moved the Graphic to Photo Impact 4.2 where I added the
second
> level of the frame using PI's frame tool.
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> The text and graphical headers are an off white [#FFFFCC] The
> graphical text was made in PhotoShop using the Lithos Regular font.
Because
> it is an all caps font, I have set the body text in Trubechet MS.
The
> Graphical text was given an Inner Glow in pale yellow and what
Photoshop
> calls a "pillow emboss".
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> AutoResize - As I do with most of my posts, the image here is
set to
> automatically resize itself to occupy 95 per cent of the height of
the
> display window. So the taller you can make the window, the larger
the image
> will be. Of course, expanding the window to full-screen will give
you the
> largest image.
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> "Un Homme Heureux by William Sheller
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> I have used all my Native American midi's at least once, so
for this
> stationery, I am experimenting with "World Music." I downloaded this
piece
> along with a bunch of other French Canadian midis from
alt.binary.midis.
> Alta Vista's French-to-English translator says that the title means
"A Man
> Happy." If that is anywhere near accurate, the songwriter is into
heavy
> irony. Anyway, I thought that the music captured the sadness in the
eyes of
> the subject.
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Jan Marie
posts, thank you so much!
Jan
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> Please do, Bill. I am sure there are a lot of people out there like
me who
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> I will be looking forward to your next series.
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> Helen J
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Diana Keeton
wonderful...thank you Bill...diana
hellunzelluf
previous ones, but I did see and enjoy them
And this one is beautiful to and very informative.
Helen J
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actually started by a man named Wovoka, a half Paiute who was raised as an
hellunzelluf
are interested.
I will be looking forward to your next series.
Helen J
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