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Shanae Winslow

Desert Windigos

Illustration
2024
Mixed Media: Watercolour, Ink, Acrylic Gouache, Coloured Pencil, Digital
12" x 8"
Desert Windigos is a portrayal of Indigenous folklore in a Wild West setting, showcasing the terrifying and tragic transformation of human beings into bloodthirsty monsters known as Windigos. Drawing from Algonquian oral traditions, this piece explores themes of isolation, starvation, greed, and the dark aspects of human nature.

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Desert Windigos
Desert Windigos

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Shanae Winslow

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““Outlier Rodeo” boldly illuminates the unexplored and marginalized people and narratives of the Wild West, casting aside antiquated genre conventions to reveal the raw, diverse, and kick-ass stories...” [More]