Kachina Doll Art Canvas Print

Digital fine art painting of a Hopi Kachina doll on a background of native American blanket design. Made with photoshop.

opi katsina figures (Hopi language: tithu or katsintithu), also known as kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct young girls and new brides about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain, control other aspects of the natural world and society, and act as messengers between humans and the spirit world.

Hopi people live primarily on three mesas in Northeastern Arizona, about 70 miles from Flagstaff. In Hopi cosmology, the majority of katsinas reside on the Humphreys Peak, approximately 60 miles west of Hopiland. Each year, throughout the period from winter solstice to mid-July, these spirits, in the form of katsinas, come down to the villages to dance and sing, to bring rain for the upcoming harvest, and to give gifts to the children.
The katsinas are known to be the spirits of...

My Name is Walter Colvin, I am a 76-year-old retired disabled war veteran. I have been doing artwork from fun for about 17 years. I started out with oil, acrylic, pencil, and charcoal. Most of the artwork I did was for friends on request. I have only started to sell to public for about five years. Almost all the artwork I do now is digital art on the computer and digital photography. Started digital art about eight Years ago. I do miss brushing oil around on the canvas, but digital art is new challenge I enjoy. Most of the art I do is nature, wildlife and Landscape, but I do others from abstract to space. My goal in digital fine art is to make my digital art as good as a fine Oil painting. I would do my artwork even if I never sold...