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Red Bead Series

Paulette Harp Nicholson

All five paintings have a depiction of a small red bead, first red bead is depicted within the mesa corn field, then with five horses, then with the changing woman, the night mountain, and finally the peaceful southwestern scene. Each painting has a zuni sun symbol within.

Red Bead Series

This southwestern corn scene has lots of reds, oranges, yellows and black, all depicted in the form of an abstracted cornstalk. Within this image is a road that leads from the red bead in the small turquoise box onto the next painting, passing by the zuni sun symbol.

To Begin - Birthplace

Portrait of a brown haired woman with brown eyes, zuni sun earrings and a necklace with one red bead and one blue bead in front of a blue sky background.

To Bond - Love and Changing Seasons

Red beads path that leads to the top of a night mountain scene with a faint zuni sun symbol among the stars.

To Seek - Considering the Whys and Wherefores

Peaceful and warm southwestern scene with calm blue and pink waters, with red and purple mountains and a bright sun with a blue sky. Along the horizon the red bead sits with the path slowly coming to taper into nothing.

To Understand - Making Peace

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Depicts a vibrant scene with a head in the sky, roots in soil and water, falling rain, and a cloud-haloed bloom. Elements like grass, stones, and pink worms are nestled in the soil, using primarily primary colors with minimal mixing technique.

This painting depicts a southwestern night scene with a yellow diminishing sunset, a cresent moon and the start of the revealing of the night stars. Deeper into the painting reveals a night horse, with a star for an eye, the crescent moon for a jawbone and a light outline of galloping legs and a tail.

Night Horse

Praying Mantis sitting at the bottom of a tree that is mirrored and reflected into four sections. Foreground objects are cut out of a white piece of paper which contrasts with the black background.

Paper Works