The Stillness of a Cold Winter by Michael Lonechild

Dimensions: 24' x 18" x .75". Acrylic on Canvas.

Painting depicts a Cree man on a horse in the winter, as he is making his rounds on the pasture.

Note: If you look closely, you will see images of ancestors painted into the texture 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.*