Work in Progress

By the shores of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
Stood the wigwam of Nokomis,
Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis.
Dark behind it rose the forest,
Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees,
Rose the firs with cones upon them;
Bright before it beat the water,
Beat the clear and sunny water,
Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha, 1855.

Albert Floyd Wilson

and

David Emilio Martinez:

cousins, full members of the Tribe.

Acrylic on canvas, 22 July - 1 August, 2007, 14x11 inches, w.i.p.