The Legend of the White Buffalo
So here it is. In case you missed my last post I’m going to try again with her. It will essentially be the same painting just pushed back a little farther to allow for more of a buffalo profile so it’s more clear what I’m actually painting.
I also hope to start a new Raven, but once again they are predicting more snow this weekend. Oh Spring, Where Art Thou!
The Legend of the White Buffalo
The legend of the white buffalo tells of an ethereal woman who comes to the Sioux tribes and offers them them the sacred gift of the pipe. She taught them how to use it and talked about the importance of woman and children and their connectedness to the earth. She said that what they do is as being as important as the warriors. As she left she promised she would return someday. And then lay down and rolled four times and turned into a white buffalo calf.
The white buffalo is seen as a highly sacred symbol to many of the American Indian Nations. It is seen as a symbol of hope and renewal for humanity and for harmony between all peoples.
A white buffalo calf (named Miracle) was born in Wisconsin in August of 1994. Since she was not an albino, she was considered to be the first white buffalo calf born since 1933.
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Mona, I love this one! I hear what you are saying about backing off the perspective a little to get more of a profile, but these colors are awesome. I particularly love the background and how it brings out her eye.
lovely.
Thanks Lorie, I think I’ll have time to restart her today. Hope this does the trick. You know I finish one and just want to move on to another critter. But I really want White Buffalo to work out to a point where I am happy with her.
Lovely legend and lovely painting. I look forward to seeing “take two”
Thanks Linda, It has already begun. I just hope I can get the look I’m shooting for.