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Anishinaabe Artist Paula B. Sayers
BoozHoo! (Welcome)
Ojibwe Pictograph Artist Paula Sayers welcomes you to Native Pictographs. For thousands of years North American Indians have been painting pictographs on rocks, animal hides, and in caves. Traditionally trained in prehistoric painting techniques, Paula is helping to preserve this ancient art. Thank you for visiting.
You've arrived at the home page of Anishinaabe artist Paula B. Sayers.
Her artwork is dedicated to helping preserve ancient methods of Native American painting for future generations.
Paula’s traditional pictographs and her more stylized art are the result of inspiration and encouragement from her parents, and studying with Ojibwe elders in the U.S. and Canada.
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Miigwetch! (Thank you)
Prehistoric
Paula Sayers paints Native American pictographs in the style of her North American ancestors using natural materials like red ochre, whenever possible. She also works in stylized versions of pictographic images inspired by Norval Morrisseau. Her work helps to keep alive this important cultural tradition. Mashkikiike, (she makes medicine).
Rock Art
Prehistoric rock art is usually separated into two categories, the first being pictographs, which were created by painting images onto the surface of rocks using natural pigments. The second type; petroglyphs are created by incising or chipping the rock surface with stone tools, sometimes referred to as ‘pecking.’ Paula paints pictographs.
Pictographs
Painting with red ochre is one of the oldest art forms on earth. Since the dawn of man, early peoples have used red earth mixed with various substances to create images we call pictographs. As a traditional artist, Paula honors ancient protocols, taught to her by tribal elders, whenever she is harvesting the red pigment.