“Our Mother IV”
by Gilmore Scott, Navajo
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Gilmore Scott
Photo by Lana Tupponce
Description: Watercolor painting of Mother Earth depicted as the Navajo culture’s Changing Woman.
About this Award: This award is also called the “passion award.” Each judge selects one piece after all other awards have been decided. The Judge’s Choice Awards are designed to bring recognition to a work that each judge, independently, feels is outstanding. These pieces may have been overlooked due to the limited number of awards or because they fell outside other award categories.
Juror’s Comments:
Terry DeWald: My pick for the passion award goes to “Our Mother” because of the concept of the whole universe and Mother Earth being held in a traditional Native American’s arms, cuddling it, which was their concept before the Old World came to the New World — just coddling and treasuring and cherishing our Earth. This was the most passionate thing I saw here.