Kay walking stick biography of rory davis

WalkingStick began making art at an early age. At the middle of the composition an ochre half oval is surrounded by a sapphire field. The interpretation of abstract images is left to the viewers, but the title of this work offers a suggestion: the semi-oval could be half an egg, symbolic of life.

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The universe and creation are suggested by the sky, including the red sparks, and the red shape lying beneath the oval, the beginning of the Indian Nations. A barren mountain landscape is on the right panel; no people are present. Now, we are two million. Where are the generations, never born? From a distance, the sphere becomes more prominent—a universe, suggesting that viewers would need the perspective of time and distance to understand the weight of genocide.

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The two images create a dynamic duo of hope. The paintings may appear to be alla prima, an Italian term meaning at first attempt. They walked miles west of the Mississippi to Oklahoma. The landscape is painted in rich browns and greens. The Indians walk along the bottom of the canvas. The small size of the figures and hazy gray color make it easy to miss them, particularly those who enter the unknown new land at the right.

Stories of the Indians who walked the Trail of Tears are hard to hear. Families were separated, the elderly and sick were forced to leave at gunpoint, and they were given no real time to gather their possessions.