Description: Spring (‘deer time’) is the season for the emergence of new life, hence, I gave my deer the bright and shiny innocent eyes of a child! I built the deer ‘spaceship’ with Venus, the Morning Star in mind (also known as the ‘Deer Star’). In addition to using sunrise colors, I gave this piece a double morning star for eyes. I have frequently included deer in my art since 1996, when I connected to my Tuscarora heritage and began to illustrate stories I was told about the deer clan. At that point I started exploring deer imagery in my photo collages. Later on, I did some two-dimensional deer composites, inspired by an encounter with a picture of the Caddoan ‘Deer Man’ mask, found in a mound in Louisiana.
Original Medium: Mixed media assemblage using found wood, acrylic,found imagery, pen, block print, photos and cutouts of recycled digitally edited passages.
Original Dimensions: 36x34x5″
Print Format: variable media
Print Dimensions: multiple sizes