Native American Artist, Choctaw Artist, Choctaw Art, Original Native American paintings and colored pencil drawings, limited edition prints and notecards depicting Choctaw culture, language and games by Choctaw artist Gwen Coleman Lester

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(image area: 19 x 14). Limited Edition Print

The raccoon dance exhibits the playfulness of the raccoon. 

 


$50.00
Choctaw Raccoon Dance

(image area: 8x10) Colored Pencil on paper

The words on the left are the 23rd Psalms written in the Choctaw language. In the upper right corner is a Southeastern landscape. The woman in the center is wearing her traditional Choctaw dress.


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Meditation

(image area: 5x7) Limited Edition Print

The Choctaw Snake Dance is reproduced from an acrylic painting. It shows how the dance is done by a line formed with men in the front, followed by the women.

 


$20.00
Snake Dance
 

 

This Christmas card comes in a package of 8. The text inside says: "May the simple joys of family and friends, songs and smiles, be yours this Christmas." A brief description is written on the back of the card.

$14


$14.00
Drummer Boy

Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36

These women are wearing clothing of the Five Civilized Tribes. From left to right, they are: Muskogee (Creek), Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole and Choctaw. The Five Civilized Tribes is a historical term was was given to these five, Southeastern Tribes as a group. 

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$3,000.00
Five Civilized Women

(image area: 8x10) Colored pencil drawing on paper

This commemorates the California Gathering that is held in Bakersfield, California. The Okla Chahta Clan holds an annual festival there to promote Choctaw culture.


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CA Gathering
Welcome to Native Traditions Artworks, art by Gwen Coleman Lester, a member and registered Choctaw artist of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Gwen paints and draws anything that relates to Choctaw history and culture. She uses a myriad of styles and mediums. The sizes range from miniatures to murals. 

Gwen regularly participates in Native art festivals and museum exhibits and competitions. She was inducted as a Master Artist for the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in 2007.Choctaw Nation has purchased her art as well as commissioning her work in murals. Gwen has done book covers for a major publisher and fully illustrated two children's books. Gwen welcomes commissions. Please contact her initially by email.

As always, I appreciate your interest in my art & in Choctaw culture.
YAKOKE--thanks-- for visiting my website.  

Gwen


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