Gift of the Stripe-necks (2016) Drawing by Edwin Loftus

Pastel on Paper, 9x12 in
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  • Original Artwork (One Of A Kind) Drawing, Pastel on Paper
  • Dimensions 12x15 in
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A man and a woman have successfully hunted a large horned creature with horns and a striped neck. The woman frightened the animal, driving it toward the male armed with a throwing spear. So that the spirit of the 'Stripe-neck' can be healed and its people not angered, they have commissioned a shaman to honor the Stripe-neck with this image[...]
A man and a woman have successfully hunted a large horned creature with horns and a striped neck. The woman frightened the animal, driving it toward the male armed with a throwing spear. So that the spirit of the 'Stripe-neck' can be healed and its people not angered, they have commissioned a shaman to honor the Stripe-neck with this image of its sacrifice. Thus, they maintain faith with the animal spirits and ensure that they will not turn against them.
Elsewhere on this cave wall, this and previous shamans, have honored the spirits of other beings that have given themselves in notable sacrifices, including four human male spirits who were not part of the People, but wandered into their land. Also seen are a herd of Deer-people and a big, Long-nose, now seldom seen in this land.

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Edwin Loftus is an American painter and draftsman born in 1951. His interest in art began at the age of 4 when he decided to draw something real rather than working from his imagination.  As a child[...]

Edwin Loftus is an American painter and draftsman born in 1951. His interest in art began at the age of 4 when he decided to draw something real rather than working from his imagination. 

As a child he excelled at drawing and as a teenager he began to experiment with oil painting. In college, he took courses in art and art history and realized that true art had nothing to do with the quality of the drawing or painting, but that it had to have the ambition to push the boundaries and expand the visual experience. 

He also studied philosophy, psychology and history and quickly realized that it was just another art establishment trying to defend its elitist industry and reward system. Their skills were almost non-existent, they knew nothing about psychology, perception or stimulus response, and they were extensions of the belief system that made communism, fascism and other forms of totalitarianism such destructive forces in the world. They literally believe that art shouldn't be available to ordinary human beings, but only to an elite "sophisticated" enough to understand it. 

Edwin Loftus realized that the emperors of art had no clothes, but they were still the emperors. Gifted in art, he worked hard to acquire this skill. So he found other ways to make a living and sold a few artworks from time to time. For sixty years, many people enjoyed his works and some collected them. 

Today, Edwin Loftus is retired. Even if he sold all his paintings for the price he asked, "artist" would be the lowest paid job he ever had... but that's the way it is.  It won't matter to him after he dies. He just hopes that some people will like what he does enough to enjoy it in the future. 

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