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When a youngster grows up on the Navajo Reservation, as did Beatien Yazz, everything he sees and learns reinforces his beliefs in the natural world.  The Navajo believe one is in harmony with nature when one is well, and is no longer in harmony with nature when sick.  There is a strong belief in how important nature is in its effect on the individual. It is no wonder, then, that so many Native painters focus their art on nature, landscapes, horses, clouds and rain, and the abundance of animals and birds.

Read more about this painting here.