Rocky Hawkins
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"My paintings are about expressing a visual experience that challenges and communicates with a sense of mystery in hopes to awaken the senses. Mystery is a part of life where not everything is easily explainable."
-- Rocky Hawkins
Rocky Hawkins interest in the mystery and spiritual element of the Indian culture began in his childhood. Traveling with his family to historic locations that conveyed Native American history, he was taken with the beauty and mysticism of the Indian's individual expression. His personal journey led him to New Mexico, and ultimately to Montana, where he connected more closely with the spirit of the Native American imagery that dominates his art.
As one of the premier painters in the American West, Hawkins' dynamic style invites viewers on a journey into the mysterious world of the unknown. Many of Hawkins' paintings seem to hold secret passageways detectable only at specific perspectives or distances. Thus viewers play an active role in what they see. It's often noted that his paintings possess a shamanistic quality.
