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Roy Andersen

Roy H. Andersen (1930 - 2019) was active/lived in Arizona, New Hampshire.  Roy Andersen is known for Indian-western genre, landscape, mural.

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In Roy Andersen’s The Medicine Pony, a Crow warrior stands in front of his white pony, holding a horse dance stick after a late afternoon rain. The man gazes toward the horizon while two other Indians wait behind him on their mounts. Painted on the white pony’s neck are symbols of dragonflies, which to the Crow people were messengers from the spirit world that carried dreams to individual warriors. “I was pretty proud of the piece,” Andersen, 82, says from his studio in Kerrville, Texas. “Some of them you struggle through, and sometimes they just paint themselves. Those are the ones that are really fun. This one went along the way I wanted.”

Authenticity is a hallmark of Andersen’s work. “I always like to try to get a little weather in my paintings,” he says of the sinking sun and afternoon rain in The Medicine Pony. The model for the white horse was a saddle horse Andersen used to own. He still uses the paint horses he raises as models. “I don’t know how many I have,” he   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9403 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Roy Andersen

   Roy Andersen  Born:  1930 - Temple, New Hampshire
Died:   2019
Known for:  Indian-western genre, landscape, mural
Name variants:  Roy H Anderson

In Roy Andersen’s The Medicine Pony, a Crow warrior stands in front of his white pony, holding a horse dance stick after a late afternoon rain. The man gazes toward the horizon while two other Indians wait behind him on their mounts. Painted on the white pony’s neck are symbols of dragonflies, which to the Crow people were messengers from the spirit world that carried dreams to individual warriors. “I was pretty proud of the piece,” Andersen, 82, says from his studio in Kerrville, Texas. “Some of them you struggle through, and sometimes they just paint themselves. Those are the ones that are really fun. This one went along the way I wanted.”

Authenticity is a hallmark of Andersen’s work. “I always like to try to get a little w  ...  Displaying 750 of 9403 characters.

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