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Award of Excellence in Painting or Drawing
~ $500 ~ Courtesy of Arch & Laura Brown ~

"Mimbres"
by Gerald Dawavendewa, Hopi/Cherokee

Description: Ink drawing on parchment vellum.

About this Award: Awarded for high quality in craftsmanship in painting or drawing.

Jurors' Comments:
Rex Arrowsmith: Very nice Mimbres designs, good color combination, assembled in a very artistic manner.
David Johns: The painting is very handsome in composition. It shows stages of today, stages of time, and it depicts man and nature as equal through stages of life.
Larry King: Represents excellent imagery of Mimbres forms.

Gerald Dawavendewa

Gerald Dawavendewa

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