I spent the last few days making sweat lodge drums. I learned from a man who was part of the Rosebud Reservation of Lakota Sioux. He taught me to make drums, but Native American copyright laws are quite strict and I don't understand them fully. As far as I can tell, I am authorized to make these drums but not to paint Lakota designs on them. So.
This is the first one that I've painted. I've always been fascinated by the archetype of the Green Man. He appears in English and Continental churches, among other places, with a head made of vegetation (usually oak leaves). Leaves come out of his nostrils, mouth, and occasionally even his eyes. This is a marine version.
This is the first one that I've painted. I've always been fascinated by the archetype of the Green Man. He appears in English and Continental churches, among other places, with a head made of vegetation (usually oak leaves). Leaves come out of his nostrils, mouth, and occasionally even his eyes. This is a marine version.
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