Richard Taliwood, Diné Painter

Although classically trained, award winning Diné Richard Taliwood is known for his cultural and ceremonial paintings.  He was born in 1940 at Ft. Defiance, Arizona.  Taliwood was a part-time painter whose profession was architectural drafting.  He attended the Phoenix Indian School before studying at the University of Arizona’s summer Indian Art Project in 1960.  After that, he went to Chicago’s Ray-Vogue art school.  Taliwood exhibited actively during the 1960s and 1970s and received many notable awards for his efforts.   We do not know if he continued working after the 1970s.