The Art of Judy Gordon
Red Armed Panther
1969
Acrylic on Canvas, 16" x 20"
Collection of the artist
Judy says:
Used as my subject photograph provided by Photographer of the Plains, L.A. Huffman, in the book, The Frontier Years, by Mark H. Brown and W.R. Felton, given to me and Roxy Gordon, from John and Minerva Allen, as a gift when we lived at Lodgepole, Montana, on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Montana, 1969.
This Cheyenne Scout, at Ft. Keogh, 1879, was sometimes called Red Sleeve. He was very much a fancy dresser, but very quietly wore a small downy feather in his hair.
When one shines a red light on this painting, painting becomes very realistic. Learned this trick about using red lighting on my painting, when I lived at Lodgepole, Montana, Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, 1968, through 1969. Had painting setting on my couch in the living room, and Roxy turned on our Christmas circular tree lights, discovered red makes painting become realistic, and painting would pulsate.
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