Individual Taste!

Hello! Here are several new prints that I have created in the past week.I have begun to use tape to secure the paper plate stock in place over the stone. This helps to improve the quality of the resulting plate on most stones. I am 65 years old, my grip is not secure enough to work without this measure. I do think that the pictures are clearly visible. My purpose is to establish that an art work is present period. I would like to see these stone plates printed by other print makers. My concentration  is postmodern in nature. I do like the effects that I am producing in these works however, individual taste do vary and other artist would interpret them differently.

I am also continuing to study the collection of effigy stones. Light is the all important factor in photography. The way or angle that the light strikes the surface of the art work reveals the hidden beauty of many of the individual sculptures. Each rock has to be considered as a separate problem. I will endeavor to publish these photographs here on the blog as soon as possible.

Old Age!

Hello! welcome to a new blog post.  I have been away for a while. Sorry that I left without much warning. The hot summer heat took away my vigor! There will be some changes in the blog. I will talk about that in a later post. I will try to get some more photos made and, I will endeavor to improve my printing.

I probably will not be as regular as I was before, weekly, but I will attempt to post a couple of times a month. Once again, Thank You for visiting this blog site.

Time Out!

Hello! and Welcome to The Collection of Indigenous American Art. I hope to continue this posting in the fall as the weather cools. It is becoming very difficult for me to work in the summer heat! I will return about mid September. Thank You for your interest in this blog page. Contact Larry David McCarty, lmccarty.fa@gmail.com

The ability to draw...

The ability to draw must have been very important to the American Indian people. I think that when we study over the hundreds of beautiful images in this collection of works it becomes obvious that there must have existed an excellent school system. Do you see work like this in our schools? Are we learning to draw? Now lets be fair, the motivated do learn. The question is, are we producing artist as capable as the artist that created these art works in the numbers that must have existed in the American Indian Nations. One question that I have pondered in viewing literally thousands of art works is, How many artist do you think are represented in this body of works? Likewise, How long a period of time is represented here? Do you think that guilds existed to judge artist work. And finally, Do you think that academies must have thoroughly trained artist over a long apprenticeship. The works in this collection are proof of a highly developed society with excellent opportunity to obtain an education.

Judgement and Evaluation

Time to post again! welcome to the blog page. Do keep in mind that all of these plates are precious and rare. Some are not beautiful, many are damaged. I do not judge this art. Judgement and evaluation is left to those who know art. This is a report of  art work that has been collected and printed. This is a public access to The Collection of Indigenous American Art. All of my on line files are available by entering my name or email address into Google search, Larry McCarty   lmccarty.fa@gmail.com

Respect Art

Welcome to this weeks blog post. I would like to point out here once again that there are many people that are of the opinion that primitive art forms are the source of the modern and postmodern periods in art. I am constantly astounded by the images that appear when I am printing. If one did not know that the art is very old, he or she might think that it is the work of a contemporary artist. I try to select a group each week that will please a general audience and I might say here that it is obvious that the academy's and guilds of the American Indian Nations had the highest standards and respect for the art that they created.

The stone speaks.

If you look over past post of this blog you will probably notice that there are some basic shapes that repeat from week to week. This is because the fossils used as plate material are naturally somewhat similar. The main point to understand is that the craftsman had to use the surface pretty much as is, there were no tools  to render a  totally flat surface with out a great deal of work. I really don't think that this limitation was a consideration that the artist thought about period. The natural shape of the stone was a part of the magic of the creative process of that particular work. This is to say that the artist studied the stone as a first step in the process and was inspired as to how the work should evolve.

When stones were precious...

Welcome to this weeks blog post. In our Post Modern consumerist society, it is difficult to imagine what life in the stone age was like. A time when stones were precious. Hands had to learn them well. I am frequently impressed with the shapes of the various tools that I find. One thing That does stand out is how well that many of them fit the human hand. When we look closely we see that they have been carefully carved, smoothed and polished. They come in various sizes like the people that depended on them as tools. If the tool that had to be gripped tightly was rough, cuts and blisters would result. Injuries like that could be life threatening. These art works are the results of mans study of stones.

The Study of Earth Science.

Hi! welcome to this weeks blog post. Once again I would like to point out that the best place to learn about Archeology and Anthropology is in a class room. If you are really interested in understanding in depth that is the easy answer The library is also a good place to start but, a good professor will speed up the process. I have realized that it is better to post the weeks images and let you make files and prints so that you can take your questions to a qualified person. I started this blog as a window where anyone could see the art work, especially advanced degree people. It is my hope that sites like this one will increase public interest and support for the creation of museums and that in so doing will further the study of Earth Sciences.

Stone Age Printing

Welcome to this weeks Blog post.  I hope that You are enjoying this weekly publishing and that you will continue to view and read this blog. Once again, the art that you see here is the hard work of thousands of Indigenous American Artist. Time has proven their work. We owe all a debt of gratitude for such fine recording.

Can you draw your face?

Welcome, to this weeks blog post.  Believe me! if you saw the stones that these prints come from, you probably would walk right over them and never notice them at all. Down here in the South of Arkansas, gravel is everywhere. If these rare stones become mixed  with ordinary gravel they are lost forever. The printing work of the American Indians is one of the last great records of  their civilization, it is as if we had found a family album that documents their existence. I hope that you will become a witness to this fact, and support those who seek to reclaim all artifacts. This blog is my report to you, it gives you the opportunity to view the stones that have been collected.

Share With Others

Hello, just a short word about viewing these prints... Do keep in mind that this group of art works are quite old. They have been subject to much abuse. It is difficult to print many of the stones due to their irregular shape. I try to put together a show each week, some weeks are better than others. Sometimes I do include prints that are just beautiful abstract art works, I really cannot make out the image. I do hope that you are enjoying this blog and as I have said in the past you are free to make your own files.

Hello, and welcome to this weeks blog page. I would like to call attention to the reality that most of these art works are very similar. This collection is somewhat like a coin or stamp collection. In fact many people do refer to works of this type as "stamps". Just as there are no two rocks in the world that are exactly alike, all prints of this type are naturally different. This is what separates these works from our modern and post-modern coins and postage stamps. I do assure the viewer that the experienced eye definitely does see each plate as a separate entity. I would also like to point out how rare that it is to see so many of these art works in one collection.