“First Lightning”
In his words (written on the back)

”Spring’s first lightning after winter’s slumber. The lightning connects Father Sky with Mother Earth and awakens her children”

8 inches by 16 inches and SOLD. (Tucson)

Zac learned the art from his famed father, Joe Ben Jr., who, working from Navajo traditional sandpainting, has created his own artistic style that  even led him to teach the the School of Fine Arts in Grenoble.

Traditional Navajo sandpaintings are used as part of a long and complicated healing ceremonial structure that includes herbs, blessing, prayers, songs and sandpaintings to restore the patient to harmony/health). Joe Ben Jr and now his son are among those who are using some of the traditional symbols and concepts to create unique works of art.

A more traditional sand painting, made in the 1980-1990 time period by James A Begay (signed “JABegay on reverse. Measuring 24 inches square, not including the frame, is represents four yei’i of the four directions, holding the four sacred plants (corn, beans, squash and tobacco). To keep it from too closely recreating it as it would appear in a religious ceremony, he left out one of the plants and shifted the colors of. the four directions. The motifs in between represent buffalo hide rattles, a type most often used in the Mountain Way ceremony. $360 (TUCSON)