Description
The animals play stickball in Cherokee stories. In this painting, Rabbit holds his sticks at the ready as the squirrel takes the ball. The colors represent the joy the animals experience at playing their traditional game. Rabbit and the other animals are often important characters in oral stories which help keep traditions alive through storytelling.
Materials
Acrylic on canvas.
Robin Stockton
Cherokee Nation
About the Artist
While dealing with grief, Robin was introduced to working on a daily art journal as a coping mechanism. Journaling brought a new focus and an exploration of art in a meaningful way. Creating art on the small page has caused a metamorphosis of her style and technique. Like the pages in her journal, a new chapter of possibility has opened in her life. After traveling throughout the United States and Europe, Robin returned to her Cherokee home of Oklahoma. She finds that her art gives her quiet nature a voice and strengthens her connection to her Cherokee heritage. Robin has exhibited at numerous Native American Art Shows and has won several awards.
