Lakota Winter

Back in school my senior year was practically all in Art Class. I then put my art career aside when I joined the Air Force and didn't paint again for close to 40 years. Several people were instrumental in my return to painting, one of them was Jerry Yarnell, an Acrylic Artist who teaches art through his books. This painting was a result of studying these books.

Winter in the High Country

I wanted to call this painting, "Harry Kokko Rides Again!" But there was a problem with that. You see, the closest Harry Kokko could be translated into the Lakota language was Hin Yakan Yahugapitanka, Which translatws to Hairy Coconut. And ya see, that would not do!