16" x 16"  on paper - matted to 20" x 20"

Here is a young man sitting with an old shaman. The young man is getting ready to learn the ways of the medicine and will someday take over the duties of the older man. He will sit all night with the older man, singing and smoking, as he learns from him.

14" x 11"  on paper - matted to 16" x 20"

Here is man beginning his day with a daily ritual of offering his smoke while he sings his morning prayers. Birds are thought to be messengers by the Cherokee, taking thoughts and prayers to and from the Creator. This man is surrounded by hummingbirds as he sings his prayers in the early morning dawn.

11" x 14"  on paper - matted to 16" x 20"

“Walela” is the Cherokee word for hummingbird. Here is one of Jesse’s couples out in nature with the hummingbirds. Their body language reveals their affection for each other and a hummingbird couple joins them. Jesse usually depicts age of his people by their hair color. But because this couple has three different colors of hair, they can be any age they want.

14" x 11"  on paper - matted to 20" x 16"

After his first visit to the Black Hills, South Dakota, Jesse painted his versions of the monuments he visited. It was 2 weeks before the Sturgis bike rally, so there were many motorcyclists visiting as well. Here he's placed a cyclist on an early Indian Motocycle in front of the Crazy Horse monument....obviously still “in progress.” A tribute to the 'hundred year bloom' of wild flowers during the visit is shown at the bottom.

11" x 14"  on paper - matted to 16" x 20"

A man and woman of the wolf clan are out riding wearing their wolf- clan headdresses. It is winter and they have just stopped for a drink in the creek. Jesse painted the landscape of creek and canyon rocks as a combination of several canyons in the southwest.

14" x 11"  on paper - matted to 20" x 16"

Often requested to do another “pony” piece, Jesse took the Indian Rodeo as inspiration for this. Here is an Indian rodeo entrant who has been selected to carry the pennants into the rodeo arena. Here he is practicing with his horse for that entry, his dogs chasing along side of him.

11" x 14"  on paper - matted to 16" x 20"

This Cherokee couple is walking along the Trail of Tears with all their possessions placed in a burden basket on the horse. They vow to each other that they will share their burdens—both physical and those in their hearts—equally.

14" x 11"  on paper - matted to 20" x 16"

When the Cherokee were removed to Oklahoma, they brought with them the fire that had been kept burning since they were given it by the Creator. When they reached their new home in Oklahoma, Elders held a ceremony for each community in which they started the new fire with the sacred flame brought with them.

11" x 14"  on paper - matted to 16" x 20"

I had a special request to do this piece. I used quilt patterns as the background for my stylized hummingbirds.

14" x 11"  on paper - matted to 20" x 16"

“For all the ‘baby boomers’ and their new motorcycles. This motorcycle is a combination of a Harley, Indian, and Yamaha motorcycle-brands that Jesse’s friends are now riding. Here’s a Native American riding the ultimate reservation cycle.”