Autumn Watch

Artist: Donald Vann

Size: 26 x 38 in., framed

Type: Original watercolor

This piece was purchased just after the paint dried in 1987. It was unique enough that he choose to design a stone lithograph in a similar image from it. That lithograph Autumn Was, was an edition of 125 and is sold out by the publisher.
Donald Vann is a self taught, Cherokee artist who paints watercolors from his soul and the soul of his ancestors. Most of the subject matter of his creations are rituals and rites of passage of his tribe. I have known Donald Vann for 25 years and know that each painting is part of the story of his life and that of his people. It's like reading a very personal history book.
He is a quiet, humble person who will spend as much time sharing his stories with one who just bought a $45 poster as he would with someone who just bought a $20,000 original or nothing at all. He (and his dogs) have been in our home numerous times and we have been blessed by his friendship. We always learned from him and enjoyed his company. He is always welcome.
More about Donald: Cherokee artist Donald Vann's pieces speak of peace and tranquility, of solitude. They speak of yesterday's tradition and tomorrow's promise. Through his work, Donald takes the viewer to a place that is as real to him as the tangible world. To see his paintings is to feel the crunch of snow beneath one's feet, to hear the wind whisper through the aspen trees, to smell the wood smoke and buffalo hide tipis. It is to know the soft-spoken man behind the paper and paint. Donald Vann
"All my life," Donald explains, "I have had this desire to paint. With images I can express thoughts and feelings I could never put into words. Through my art I am able to transcend the limitations of the spoken word."

Per Wikipedia - Watercolor (US) or Watercolour (UK) (and "aquarelle" in French) is a painting method. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork, in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water soluble vehicle. The traditional and most common support for watercolor paintings is paper.