Terran Last Gun

Current Group Exhibition

Taking Flight

October 1–November 30, 2022

Fifteen new ledger drawings available at Gallery Hózhó.

Magnificent Power (2022)
Ink and colored pencil on antique “Miles City, Custer County, State of Montana, record of official ballots” ledger sheet (dated 1934); Watermark: White Feather Bond
Paper Size: 13 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches
Frame Size: 17 1/2 x 15 inches
Original, one of kind

Restoring Light (2022)
Ink and colored pencil on antique “Jos. Hirshberg & Co., Choteau, Montana” ledger receipt (c. 1913)
Paper Size: 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches
Frame Size: 11 1/4 x 9 inches
Original, one of kind

Roaming The Backbone (2022)
Ink and colored pencil on antique “Jos. Hirshberg & Co., Choteau, Montana” ledger receipt (dated 1913)
Paper Size: 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches
Frame Size: 11 1/4 x 9 inches
Original, one of kind

Previous Exhibitions / Projects

Southwest Contemporary Announcement

Hecho Gallery Grand Opening

Hecho Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

April 1–May 1, 2022

Harmonious Layers (2022)
Ink and colored pencil on antique “Journal Day Book Chicago, IL” ledger paper (dated 1903)
Paper Size: 13 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Frame Size: 17 x 11 1/2 inches
Private Collection

Moving East

K Art, Buffalo, NY

March 18–June 3, 2022

Driveline To Livelihood (2022)
Ink and colored pencil on antique “Journal Day Book Chicago, IL” ledger paper (dated 1904)
Paper Size: 13 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Frame Size: 17 x 11 1/2 inches
Available at K Art

Cloud Cover

McClain Gallery, Houston, TX

September 11–January 8, 2022

Star Messenger Brings Map (2021)
Ink and colored pencil on antique ledger paper (dated 1926)
Paper Size: 17 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches
Frame Size: 21 1/4 x 15 x 1 1/4 inches
Available at McClain Gallery

When Black Holes Collide (2021), ink and colored pencil on antique ledger paper (dated 1889), 12 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches. Artist Collection.

I am very pleased to share with you all an exciting project I had the honor of contributing ledger drawings to. Corey Gray (detector operator at LIGO’s Hanford Observatory in Washington) and his mother Sharon Yellowfly, both from Siksika, are doing amazing work that involves physics, Einstein, colliding black holes, gravitational waves, and Blackfoot language.

Sharon translated the 2015 LIGO press release announcing the first detection of gravitational waves into Blackfoot, as well as developed new Blackfoot words to describe some of the observations. Einstein’s theory of relativity is piisaatsinsiimaan (beautiful plantings) and gravitational waves is apootookspiisiiya otoh’kimskass (stick together waves) are a just few of the words she assisted with. My works are visual interpretations of gravitational waves/ripples and colliding black holes. Thank you Symmetry Magazine for having my artwork accompany this fantastic article. Be sure to check it out the link below to learn more about this project!

Einstein’s garden: translating physics into Blackfoot

Terran Last Gun & Deborah Sipple

Gallery Hózhó, Albuquerque, NM

September 18–November 30, 2021

Bringer Of Light (2021)
Ink and colored pencil on antique ledger paper (dated 1926)
Paper Size: 17 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches
Frame Size: 21 1/4 x 15 x 1 1/4 inch
Private Collection

Terran Last Gun: Color Play

IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) Store Lloyd Kiva New Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

August 1–November 1, 2020

Immemorial Medicine (2020) mural and installation shots.