Virgil J. Nez (Navajo)


 

HIS MOST RECENT OIL PAINTING from January 2006



 


SPIRALING LIFE

Here is a new oil painting, 39"x 30" / 99cm x 76cm  (wrapped around stretchers bars,canvas)
The four sides of the painting is painted; the depth of the painting is1.5 inches.
The name of the painting is Spiraling Life.
It's about the rotation of the galaxies in space. The power turns with the energy. 
Tornados, Hurricanes etc. do spin in that direction of the occurrence. 
The Anasazies (first people) carved on the cliffs in the direction of rotation. 
The tepee represents the sacredness of our beliefsand how we are growing 
as humans. The kachina is represents the creationsof all things, and the plus 
signs in the ski represents our stars. The tepee sits in the snow with the swirling snow fakes. 
There are shadows ofpeople sitting in the tepee. 
The painting is 2006 and heavy with raised oils.

Here is my Totsohnii Girl oil painting. Totsohnii mean the Big Water Clan
in the Navajo culture. Maylene and our children are Tohsohnii Clan. 
The Totsohnii's believe the orgin of life comes from the Ocean. The sharks
are circling above while she (Totsohnii Girl) waits for the sharks to pass
or waiting for the right time to move for a kill. The Navajo maiden is 
hunting across the valleys of Navajo Nation.
31"x48" ( = 78cm x 122cm) oil on masonite. 
Completed in 2003.

Enjoy.

I thought I'd share my new creation with you. It's an oil painting on
masonite board. The dimension is 35.5"x48" ( = 90cm x 122cm).
The name of the painting is 'Inside the Rain Drop'. The horse is a
champion in his/her speed. I put the red-orange falcon in the sky to 
represent the speed (spirit) of the horse. The foreground is in winter
and the background is in summer. The wing (feathers) comes into the horse as a sun ray.
Completed January 2004  (01-14-04)

Enjoy.

 
VIRGIL  JULIS  NEZ

1963   Born in Pinon on the Navajo Reservation in Northern Arizona 

1983-1985   Studies in Architecture and Fine Arts at Mesa Community College 

1991   Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in Illustration and Painting, Northern Arizona University 

1991   T-shirt design for Northern Arizona University Jazz Festival 

1992   Best of Division in Painting at the Navajo Show, Museum of Northern Arizona, with "Ye'noloo'shi" ("The Shapeshifter"), 4'x8' oil on stretched canvas 
Second place at annual poster exhibition, Pueblo Grande Museum Indian Market in Phoenix, Arizona 

1993   First place in oil painting, first place in watercolor painting, and first place in pastel drawing at The Navajo Show in Flagstaff, Arizona 

1994   First place at annual poster exhibition, Pueblo Grande Museum Indian Market in Phoenix, with "The Scent Of The Coming Rain" 
Appeared in Arizona Highways Magazine, November edition, with "Three Generational Yei's", 4'x8' oil on stretched canvas 
Featured in the book "Enduring Traditions" by Lois and Jerry Jacka 

1995   Best of Division, painting category, at the Navajo Show in Flagstaff 

1996   First place in oil painting at Santa Fe Indian Market 

2001 First and second place in watercolor painting at the Navajo Show in Flagstaff, Museum of Northern Arizona 
Merit Award in oil painting for "Shapeshifter". The University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology, Lawrence, Kansas 

2002 First show in Europe at Galerie KOKOPELLI, Moenchengladbach, Germany. First 2003 Calendar (Navajo/English) is published. A DVD (60 min.) with an interview and the show is available from Galerie KOKOPELLI.

Continues to exhibit at major art shows and markets in the Western United States and beyond. In Europe works are represented at Galerie Kokopelli in Moenchengladbach, Germany. 
 

Visit and learn more about the artist at  http://www.navajoart.bizland.com/
Besuchen Sie den Künstler auf seiner Webseite  http://www.navajoart.bizland.com/

"THE CORN POLLEN AND THE COOL, WARM YEI"
Original Aquarell und Gouache <> original watercolor and gouache

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