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Turquoise Tortoise Presents Raising Tradition by Sharon Brening
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Turquoise Tortoise Gallery is celebrating the works of Sharon Brening, one of the newer artists to the gallery. The gallery presents “Raising Tradition,” a showcase of Brening’s portraits of traditional Native American children. The show will continue through November 11th. For the prestigious thirty-six year old gallery, renowned for its collection of Native American art, Brening’s realistic and intimate portraits are a distinctive addition. The artist enjoys a unique relationship with the Native Americans of the southwestern region. In the mid-1950s her family moved with the young future artist to Arizona and Brening accompanied her photographer father on countless working trips through Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly, the Grand Canyon, and innumerable trading posts. These opportunities brought many early acquaintances with Native American people that left a lasting impression on Brening. “I remember very early trips with my father photographing babies in their cradle boards. That was common place,” she says. Brening, witness to decades of southwestern Indian lifestyles, recalls that as a child she frequently saw native people put automobile tires on old wooden wagons that were drawn by their horses or mules. She was in total awe of Navajo clothing and jewelry but had to learn how much meaning went into every detail and how every detail related to the Navajo’s life existence. Today, as an accomplished artist, Brening pays tribute to these native peoples, helping to perpetuate their valuable cultures in her own language: oil on canvas. The artist knows first-hand there is a vibrant intent within Indian cultures to continue traditions, it is the reason the children have captured her artist’s eye. With utmost reverence and professionalism her realistic paintings capture every authentic detail of southwestern Native American children in full traditional regalia. Turquoise Tortoise Gallery is located at Hozho Center in the heart of Sedona’s “Gallery Row,” 431 Highway 179. 928-282-2262, mail@turqtortsedona.com or www.turqtortsedona.com. Open daily: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Monday – Saturday, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Sunday. |
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