Mixed Media Painting “Turtle Rendezvous” by David Dawangyumptewa [SOLD]

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David Dawangyumptewa, Hopi, Navajo Artist
  • Category: Paintings
  • Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu
  • Medium: mixed media
  • Size:
    9-⅝” x 12-½” paper;
    20-½” x 23-⅞” framed
  • Item # C4478B
  • SOLD

“Turtle Rendezvous” is an original mixed media creation by Hopi-Navajo artist David Dawangyumptewa.  It is a bright and lively image that will appeal to animal lovers.  In the foreground, near the bottom of the image, Dawangyumptewa’s two turtles meet.  They gaze upward to an intricately designed environment.in which the natural world meets the spiritual world.  Rocks and plants sit comfortably alongside a variety of forms containing Native symbology.  The colors are bold and appealing, and the composition is strong.  It is no wonder that these two turtles—themselves quite beautiful—appear to be so captivated by their surroundings.

The piece is signed David Dawangyumptewa and dated ‘91 in lower left.  The paper is floated with its edges exposed and framed in a thin wood frame.

David Dawangyumptewa (1957- ) artist signature

David Dawangyumptewa (1957- ) has had an extensive art education, starting with studies at the American Federation of Arts, then the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, then Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence, Kansas. He received an Associates of Fine Arts from the University of Northern Arizona in 1983 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts, also from Northern Arizona, in 1986.  Exhibits of his art and publications on his career are much too extensive to list in this writing, but it is worth noting that he was given a solo exhibition at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe.


Condition: excellent condition

Provenance: this Mixed Media Painting "Turtle Rendezvous" by David Dawangyumptewa is from the large collection of an Albuquerque family

Reference: The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters by Patrick D. Lester

Relative Links: Hopi PuebloNative American PaintingsNavajo NationDavid Dawangyumptewa, Hopi, Navajo Artist

Closeup view of a section of this painting.

David Dawangyumptewa, Hopi, Navajo Artist
  • Category: Paintings
  • Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu
  • Medium: mixed media
  • Size:
    9-⅝” x 12-½” paper;
    20-½” x 23-⅞” framed
  • Item # C4478B
  • SOLD

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