From: www.Art Blog/Eric Whollem.htmEssu means 'old woman' in the Concow Maidu Indian language. This work

is a fanciful rendering of an elderly lady with her baskets. I have lived in close proximity to many Maidu people over the years. The

language and culture has penetrated my art.

Earth Sprite ash paint and gouache on paper; aboriginal art; aboriginal art; modern art; figurative art; absract

art; folk art; figurative abstraction.

The Forest of Handsabstract art, pictographs

The BeetleA pictographic abstraction.

The Gunas pictographic abstraction

Bird Philosophy Figurative abstraction

CHARACTERS WITH DUAL POLARITIES pictographic art, figurative expressionism

Dancing Color abstract art; figurative abstraction

Pictographic Tableau Pictographic abstraction.

Constellation of the Geranium figurative abstraction; geometric abstraction

Garden of the Turtle natural earth pigments gathered by the artist;

Goddess using earth paints gathered by the artist;.

Luncheon of the Bird People using earth pigments gathered in nature by the artist

Sweat Vision Native American sweat lodge traditions

Ancestral Tree ; abstraction; figurative abstraction

O, City Woman geometric figurative abstraction;

Reflections earth paints and gouache on paper; geometric abstraction

The Yellow Fish contemporary symbolist folk art; Maidu Indian influences

The Alchemy Modoc petroglyphs north of Shasta; Indian art; shamanic art, rock art

Worm World Native American Insect Medicine

Flowers Among the Stones Watercolor and wax resist on paper

Reminiscences of Aztlan pictographs; petroglyphs, rock art

The Cloud Garden watercolor and wax resist

Dance of the Kuksu wax resist; Maidu Indian religion: the Dream Lodge

Little Spirit People pictographs; rock art; Maidu Indians

WASP DOCTOR

“I lived off and on at Chi Chi Te, or Black Earth Villlage for many years, among my friends who happened to be Concow Maidu Indians.

The black background in this painting is made from rough chunks of charcoal, ground in a mortar. The green and blue earth paints wheregathered from Forbestown and Lumpkin Road respectively. “

“When I was staying at Black Earth Village in Feather Falls, the old Indian grandfather used to sit under the walnut tree, where he would set out a tub of water with a stick across the top. This was a wasp trap. Insects would fall into the water and drown, thus eliminating what otherwise would have been a bothersome pest in the area of seats in the shade. Meat bees were especially hard to take with their painful bites. I did not choose to place the wasp nest on this painting, the wasps chose this painting to establish their nest. They apparently wanted their story to be told. “

Other Artists, styles and techniques

Maidu WalkMaidu Indian artist Dalbert Castro – Acrylic on canvas

Greasy Grass PremonitionMaidu Indian artist – Judith Lowry

Harry Fonseca Maidu Indian – acrylic art, the coyote – the trickster