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Unexpected Company

Name: Unexpected Company | Shannon Stirnweis
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 2645

Shannon Stirnweis

$350

American (1931)

Date: circa 1980
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of AP
Image Size: 11.5 x 23 inches
Size: 22 in. x 29 in. (55.88 cm x 73.66 cm)

$350

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about Unexpected Company

This dramatic scene by Shannon Stirnweis shows the danger involved with life on the American frontier.

Opening her door enough to aim a rifle at the Native American men gathered outside of the log cabin, the wife protects her family and livelihood from the potential assailants. Circling around one another engaged in conversation, the three men on horseback carry spears with them for either protection and the potential of attack. Hiding behind his mother's skirt, the fearful young boy represents the difficult relationship between white pioneers and the Native Americans whose land the settlers took.

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About The Artist: Shannon Stirnweis

In 1931 Shannon Stirnweis was born in the city Portland, Oregon when the squeeze of the Great Depression was just beginning to be felt. Growing up Shannon was an active participant in the sports of his community up into High School where he competed in the Golden Gloves of boxing, as a starting guard on his high school's football, and placed third in the shot put of all city track meet. Following high School Shannon briefly attending the...

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About The Medium: Lithograph

A print created using flat stones or metal plates. The artist creates a lithograph by drawing an image directly onto the printing element using materials like lithograph crayons or special grease pencils. After this, the drawing is transferred from the plate to the paper in multiples. A lithograph will not have dots when examined with a magnifying glass.

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