A deeply spiritual and mythic composition that feels like a scene from a Native American story or a dream.
A massive bear stands upright in full frontal pose, dominating the right side of the canvas with quiet, immovable authority. Its broad face is calm and wise, gazing directly at the viewer with dark, steady eyes. The wood panel's carved grain lines run vertically through the bear’s entire body, giving it’s fur extraordinary tactile depth and vitality — the carving technique makes it feel almost like the bear is emerging from the earth itself. It’s large front paws hang relaxed at his sides, claws just visible. A swirling white aura or wind energy radiates behind him like a halo, suggesting a spirit or medicine animal presence.
To the left, a coyote leaps and twists mid-air in a dynamic, almost ecstatic pose — legs extended, body arched, caught in a moment of pure wild energy. The contrast between its airborne agility and the bear's rooted stillness is electrifying. The coyote appears to be in genuine conversation with the bear, animated and urgent, perhaps delivering a message or performing a trickster dance. In many Indigenous traditions, Coyote is the great trickster and messenger — the leaping posture here is deeply intentional.

Below and between them, a badger trots across the green meadow foreground with complete and wonderful indifference — low-slung, purposeful, utterly unbothered by the extraordinary exchange happening above him. This grounding comedic detail is perfect — the badger simply has somewhere to be.

In the upper left, a striking dark circular form — almost like a portal or moon — contains a beautifully rendered sage branch with vivid green leaves against a densely textured dark ground. This is the visual and spiritual anchor of the entire painting, naming the piece and suggesting ceremony, cleansing, and the sacred. It floats above the scene like a medicine wheel or a dream symbol.

The swirling lavender and white background creates an otherworldly atmospheric energy — neither sky nor storm, but something between. The warm golden-green meadow grounds the scene in the physical world, its grasses rendered with fine carved and painted linear strokes.
This painting has a profound shamanic quality — the bear as grounded elder wisdom, the coyote as quicksilver spirit energy, the sage as sacred medicine, and the badger as earthy everyday life carrying on regardless.

A deeply spiritual and mythic composition that feels like a scene from a Native American story or a dream.

A massive bear stands upright in full frontal pose, dominating the right side of the canvas with quiet, immovable authority. Its broad face is calm and wise, gazing directly at the viewer with dark, steady eyes. The wood panel's carved grain lines run vertically through the bear’s entire body, giving it’s fur extraordinary tactile depth and vitality — the carving technique makes it feel almost like the bear is emerging from the earth itself. It’s large front paws hang relaxed at his sides, claws just visible.

A swirling white aura or wind energy radiates behind him like a halo, suggesting a spirit or medicine animal presence.

To the left, a coyote leaps and twists mid-air in a dynamic, almost ecstatic pose — legs extended, body arched, caught in a moment of pure wild energy. The contrast between its airborne agility and the bear's rooted stillness is electrifying. The coyote appears to be in genuine conversation with the bear, animated and urgent, perhaps delivering a message or performing a trickster dance. In many Indigenous traditions, Coyote is the great trickster and messenger — the leaping posture here is deeply intentional.

Below and between them, a badger trots across the green meadow foreground with complete and wonderful indifference — low-slung, purposeful, utterly unbothered by the extraordinary exchange happening above him. This grounding comedic detail is perfect — the badger simply has somewhere to be.

In the upper left, a striking dark circular form — almost like a portal or moon — contains a beautifully rendered sage branch with vivid green leaves against a densely textured dark ground. This is the visual and spiritual anchor of the entire painting, naming the piece and suggesting ceremony, cleansing, and the sacred. It floats above the scene like a medicine wheel or a dream symbol.

The swirling lavender and white background creates an otherworldly atmospheric energy — neither sky nor storm, but something between. The warm golden-green meadow grounds the scene in the physical world, its grasses rendered with fine carved and painted linear strokes.

This painting has a profound shamanic quality — the bear as grounded elder wisdom, the coyote as quicksilver spirit energy, the sage as sacred medicine, and the badger as earthy everyday life carrying on regardless.

A deeply spiritual and mythic composition that feels like a scene from a Native American story or a dream.
A massive bear stands upright in full frontal pose, dominating the right side of the canvas with quiet, immovable authority. Its broad face is calm and wise, gazing directly at the viewer with dark, steady eyes. The wood panel's carved grain lines run vertically through the bear’s entire body, giving it’s fur extraordinary tactile depth and vitality — the carving technique makes it feel almost like the bear is emerging from the earth itself. It’s large front paws hang relaxed at his sides, claws just visible. A swirling white aura or wind energy radiates behind him like a halo, suggesting a spirit or medicine animal presence.
To the left, a coyote leaps and twists mid-air in a dynamic, almost ecstatic pose — legs extended, body arched, caught in a moment of pure wild energy. The contrast between its airborne agility and the bear's rooted stillness is electrifying. The coyote appears to be in genuine conversation with the bear, animated and urgent, perhaps delivering a message or performing a trickster dance. In many Indigenous traditions, Coyote is the great trickster and messenger — the leaping posture here is deeply intentional.

Below and between them, a badger trots across the green meadow foreground with complete and wonderful indifference — low-slung, purposeful, utterly unbothered by the extraordinary exchange happening above him. This grounding comedic detail is perfect — the badger simply has somewhere to be.

In the upper left, a striking dark circular form — almost like a portal or moon — contains a beautifully rendered sage branch with vivid green leaves against a densely textured dark ground. This is the visual and spiritual anchor of the entire painting, naming the piece and suggesting ceremony, cleansing, and the sacred. It floats above the scene like a medicine wheel or a dream symbol.

The swirling lavender and white background creates an otherworldly atmospheric energy — neither sky nor storm, but something between. The warm golden-green meadow grounds the scene in the physical world, its grasses rendered with fine carved and painted linear strokes.
This painting has a profound shamanic quality — the bear as grounded elder wisdom, the coyote as quicksilver spirit energy, the sage as sacred medicine, and the badger as earthy everyday life carrying on regardless.

A deeply spiritual and mythic composition that feels like a scene from a Native American story or a dream.
A massive bear stands upright in full frontal pose, dominating the right side of the canvas with quiet, immovable authority. Its broad face is calm and wise, gazing directly at the viewer with dark, steady eyes. The wood panel's carved grain lines run vertically through the bear’s entire body, giving it’s fur extraordinary tactile depth and vitality — the carving technique makes it feel almost like the bear is emerging from the earth itself. It’s large front paws hang relaxed at his sides, claws just visible. A swirling white aura or wind energy radiates behind him like a halo, suggesting a spirit or medicine animal presence.
To the left, a coyote leaps and twists mid-air in a dynamic, almost ecstatic pose — legs extended, body arched, caught in a moment of pure wild energy. The contrast between its airborne agility and the bear's rooted stillness is electrifying. The coyote appears to be in genuine conversation with the bear, animated and urgent, perhaps delivering a message or performing a trickster dance. In many Indigenous traditions, Coyote is the great trickster and messenger — the leaping posture here is deeply intentional.

Below and between them, a badger trots across the green meadow foreground with complete and wonderful indifference — low-slung, purposeful, utterly unbothered by the extraordinary exchange happening above him. This grounding comedic detail is perfect — the badger simply has somewhere to be.

In the upper left, a striking dark circular form — almost like a portal or moon — contains a beautifully rendered sage branch with vivid green leaves against a densely textured dark ground. This is the visual and spiritual anchor of the entire painting, naming the piece and suggesting ceremony, cleansing, and the sacred. It floats above the scene like a medicine wheel or a dream symbol.

The swirling lavender and white background creates an otherworldly atmospheric energy — neither sky nor storm, but something between. The warm golden-green meadow grounds the scene in the physical world, its grasses rendered with fine carved and painted linear strokes.
This painting has a profound shamanic quality — the bear as grounded elder wisdom, the coyote as quicksilver spirit energy, the sage as sacred medicine, and the badger as earthy everyday life carrying on regardless.