Louie Lonethunder Going to Ceremony by Michael Lonechild

Dimensions: 36" x 24" x 3/4". Acrylic on Canvas.

Painting depicts a family on a horse drawn sleigh in the winter leaving for a ceremony.

Note: If you look closely, you will see images of wolves and deer painted into the texture on the trees and scenery of the background. 

*Michael Lonechild is a Cree, Native-Canadian painter best known for his depictions of historical and present-day Cree culture.

Born in October of 1955 on the White Bear Reservation in Saskatchewan, Canada, Lonechild is self-taught, learning all he knows from books and observing other artists’ work. Lonechild lives and works between Saskatchewan and Alberta.*