Painting: FROM THE MOUNTAIN TO THE SEA by Frank Peterson Original Art Makah smudging purposes Organic soy-coconut blend wax

Organic soy-coconut blend wax

art has offered a way to connect and communicate ideas of Indigenous lived experience under settler colonialism

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she gives Nutaaq a gift from her husband’s people: two precious cobalt blue beads

Painting: FROM THE MOUNTAIN TO THE SEA by Frank Peterson Original Art Makah smudging purposes Organic soy-coconut blend waxAcrylic on canvas, 18"x24" This one of a kind piece by Makah artist, Frank Peterson. A proud Makah tribal member, Frank Peterson currently resides in Seattle, Washington. Frank works primarily with paints, oil pastels, and wood, carving portrait masks. Franks works are meant to find a balance in the abstract, adding the spiritual aspects of his heritage with life experiences. Growing up, he spent quality time in Neah Bay on the Makah reservation