Title: Warrior

Artist: Stephen Saupitty

Tribal Affiliation: Comanche Nation

Year Completed: 2022

Medium: Oil on stretched canvas

Dimensions (HxWxD): 22 in x 28 in

Description/Inspiration:

Showing that young women can be warriors and posses power that runs through their veins. Most Native American cultures have war bonnets that show they are strong smart and and willing to fight. In the painting I show a young woman willing and experienced to fight the growing MMIW problem. She adorns a war bonnet to show she has fought before and the faded red hands are battles she over come and looks ahead to the next. To fight not just for herself but others and show the ways to overcome anything. To face a challenge head on is a power that everyone has inside them and sometimes it just takes some one to show you the way. Beauty isn't a sign of weakness and there's no such thing as a weaker sex Women are strong Warriors and they possess power way beyond and society needs to see that.

Artist Bio/Statement:

Stephen Saupitty, enrolled member of Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma. Lives in Temple, OK with wife of 11 years Angelica Saupitty with 6 beautiful children. Drawing most of my life with pencil, pen ,ink and painting really becoming a passion in the past few years. Mostly specializing in murals with spray paint, but oil on canvas is a new venture I'm trying out. I love to create and curate new artworks and when you can have a purpose or drive behind it and awaken a feeling with art it makes it that much better. I imagine the world would love to be more colorful and empowering and that's what I'm trying to convey into my works. Social issues really tug at my heart especially with the MMIW movement going and having daughters of my own I would like to help in the best way I could and that's to spark interest and or conversations about ongoing native issues. Thank you, dreamcatcher foundation, for the selection and thank you for checking out my art work.

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