"As Thick as Grasshoppers" by artist Karl Bautista

"As Thick as Grasshoppers"

Dimensions 30" x 48"

While on a vision quest, Blue Bull saw many soldiers. He was later killed by Tribal police. This painting was made after in the aftermath of George Floyd's death at the hands of the police.

Mixed Media: Mix of old and new. Modern tools. Spray paint, paint markers and acrylic paint on wrapped canvas.  All the symbols are ancient native symbols. Representing clouds, rain, crosses are Representing the four cardinal directions.

Laguna Pueblo and Shawnee relative Karl Bautista grew up in the Pueblo of Laguna and is the founder/owner of an artist-based studio Rebel Prints in downtown Albuquerque