End of Summer art-code-1/35 She is dressed in traditional

She is dressed in traditional attire for daily work: a handwoven dress designed to leave the shoulder bare (by 1900 many Hopi women were being encouraged by the government and missionaries to wear a calico slip under the dress so that their arms and shoulders were covered)

Using animal helping spirits to carry prayers and messages to the highest power is a practice found in every culture throughout time

has painted the west for decades establishing her reputation as a Western American artist

Nampeyo's designs were based on the ancient pottery shards her husband brought home from his work for the archeologist Fewkes who was excavating the Sikyatki ruins there

End of Summer art-code-1/35 She is dressed in traditionalSize: 10 x 10 Medium: Oil on wood Each season has its own wealth of colors, its own timeless beauty, with an endless variety of changing light and shadow. b. 1962 Suzanne Wiggin holds a Masters of Fine Arts from Boston University; Bachelor of Art Education from the University of New Mexico. Her studio in Taos, NM faces a valley with its storms and clear light bringing focus to her luminous landscape paintings.