Native American Artist, Choctaw Artist, Choctaw Art, Original Native American paintings and colored pencil drawings, limited edition prints and notecards depicting Choctaw culture, language and games by Choctaw artist Gwen Coleman Lester

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(image area: 5x7) Limited Edition Print

The Choctaw Snake Dance is reproduced from an acrylic painting. It shows how the dance is done by a line formed with men in the front, followed by the women.

 


$20.00
Snake Dance

Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36

These women are wearing clothing of the Five Civilized Tribes. From left to right, they are: Muskogee (Creek), Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole and Choctaw. The Five Civilized Tribes is a historical term was was given to these five, Southeastern Tribes as a group. 

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$3,000.00
Five Civilized Women
 

Nashoba is a blank notecard with envelope. Nashoba is the Choctaw word for wolf.


 


$3.00
Nashoba
(image area: 3x4) Limited Edition Print

The young Choctaw couple in this miniature print are standing in front of a Choctaw style house made of palmetto leaves. 

 


$25.00
Young Love
Watercolor on paper

This Choctaw warrior is a Code Talker from World War I. The Choctaw soldiers were the first called on to use their native language in the war effort. Their code, their language, was instrumental in turning the tide of WWI.

The Choctaw diamond pattern spirals upwards to merge with the American flag.
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Choctaw Code Talkers
 

 

This Christmas card comes in a package of 8. The text inside says: "May the simple joys of family and friends, songs and smiles, be yours this Christmas." A brief description is written on the back of the card.

$14


$14.00
Drummer Boy
Welcome to Native Traditions Artworks, art by Gwen Coleman Lester, a member and registered Choctaw artist of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Gwen paints and draws anything that relates to Choctaw history and culture. She uses a myriad of styles and mediums. The sizes range from miniatures to murals. 

Gwen regularly participates in Native art festivals and museum exhibits and competitions. She was inducted as a Master Artist for the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in 2007.Choctaw Nation has purchased her art as well as commissioning her work in murals. Gwen has done book covers for a major publisher and fully illustrated two children's books. Gwen welcomes commissions. Please contact her initially by email.

As always, I appreciate your interest in my art & in Choctaw culture.
YAKOKE--thanks-- for visiting my website.  

Gwen


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