Water Protector

by Darice Machel McGuire

Original - Not For Sale

Price

$600

Dimensions

12.000 x 16.000 inches

Title

Water Protector

Artist

Darice Machel McGuire

Medium

Painting - Acrylic On Board

Description

I stand with Standing Rock. Their fight is all of our fight. Water is life.

What does all this mean? If you had been following the fight at Standing Rock Sioux Reservation the fall and winter of 2016-2017, then you know about the protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline is to cross under the Missouri River. The Sioux Tribe tried to stop it. They called all the Native Nations together to help protect their homeland and keep the water safe for future generations.

My painting, Water Protector, is a statement of support. I was unable to join them in person to protest the pipeline and felt distressed about it. One morning on my way in to my art studio I had a vision of an Eagle pulling a black snake from the water. The Sioux tribe call the pipeline "the black snake". The vision was very powerful in my mind and I knew I had to paint it.

The image of the eagle pulling the black snake is simple yet powerful. It shows the struggle between our Native Nation ( the eagle ) and our big oil companies ( the snake ).

NOTE; This painting, along with my entire inventory and art studio, was destroyed in the Lahaina fire on August 8th, 2023.


"2016 Copyright, Darice Machel McGuire, All rights reserved"

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November 17th, 2016

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