John Buxton Artworks Gallery

• Between Two Worlds

  Oil, Canvas, 10 x 8

• Scouts Amid The Shadows

  Oil, Canvas, 32 x 24

• Buxton-J-A
• The Smith
• The Butterfly 2
• GLIDING THROUGH THE SHADOWS

  Oil, 10 x 24

• Gliding Through The Shadows
• A Woodland Recital Again & Again

  Oil, 28 x 24

• Soon Cockoda Walk

  Oil, 10 x 10

• Silent Shadows

  Oil, 6 x 8

• THE BUTTERFLY

  Oil, 40 x 24

• SUNBURST UPON A TRANQUIL SILENCE

  Oil, 24 x 22

• TRADE BEADS & MORE

  Oil, 18 x 9

• FULL MOON 2

  Oil, 12 x 16

• A WOODLAND RECITAL , AGAIN & AGAIN

  Oil, 28 x 24

• Schooner in Limboland, At The Western Wall

  Oil, Linen, 12 x 20

• SOLO SO SWEET

  Oil, Linen, 16 x 18

• Young Washington Setting Up A Survey

  Oil, Linen, 24 x 20

• Assured Exaggeration

  Oil, Canvas, 10 x 8

• Professional Surveyor at Seventeen

  Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14. Lord Fairfax papers declared the young 17 year old GEOEGE WASHINTON as the official surveyor fo Culpeper county Virginia in 1749

• THE SMITH

  Oil, 17 x 16

• ASSURED EXAGGERATION

  Oil, 10 x 8

• Feeling a Bit Strapped

  Oil, 14 x 11

• Advent of the Whiskey Traders

  Oil, 9 x 12

• RURAL AMERICANA

  Oil, 16 x 23

• NO MEAT TONIGHT , FAR DOWNSTREAM BY NOW

  Oil, 19 x 26

• MISS MOXIE ,ASSESSING A RIDE

  Oil, 18 x 16

• CAPTIVES OF THE FRONTIER

  Oil, 18 x 16

• 27,000 years ago

  Oil, 16 x 19

• EYE TO EYE MOTION

  Oil, 9 x 12

• UNCLE JOHN 2

  Oil, 9 x 6

• 27000 YEARS

  Oil, 16 x 19

• WHY CASH ONLY

  Oil, 16 x 24

• SOYOUNG

  Oil, 17 x 11

• PLEASURE IN DIVERGENCE

  Oil, 9 x 6

• OVERSEER ON DUTY

  Oil, 15 x 10

• ENCHANTED ENVIRONMENT

  Oil, 32 x 38

• UNCLE JOHN
• EVERGREEN

  Oil, 6 x 8

• Lingering Light
• Say Whut
• Tribute to Friend Jamie
• Love Doves
• Of A Strong Fiber
• Nostalgia
• A BIT AFTER SNSET

  Oil, 16 x 14

• NOSTALGIA

  Oil, 18 x 22

• WINTER LIGHT ON AMARYLLIS

  Oil, 10 x 10

• A DAUGHTERS TOUCH

  Oil, 10 x 8

• LINGERING LIGHT

  Oil, 16 x 18

• OF A STRONG FIBER

  Oil, 12 x 9

• GREEN ESCAPE

  Oil, 8 x 6

• FULL MOON

  Oil, 12 x 16

• A RARE SIGHTING ,EASTERN BISON

  Oil, 22 x 30

• TRIBUTE TO FRIEND JAMIE

  Oil, 9 x 20

• WINTER LIGHT ON AMARYLLIS

  Oil, 10 x 10

• TRIBUTE TO FRIEND JAMIE

  Oil, 9 x 20

• The Prayer

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11. With head bowed in prayer , an 18th century man asks for guidance during a time of distress.

• Stepping Up for Hospital Care, Fort Ligonier 1758

  Oil, Canvas, 28 x 30. A commissioned portrait painting of three family members . The family is that of our family doctor, his wife and son. They wanted the painting to be of the 18th century with George Washington. Ther…

• APPLES OF ADORATION

  Oil, 17 x 13. Two children have brought a tray of apples as a gift to the player of the bagpipes , that they adore listening to .

• Longeval... The First Americans

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 24

• A Moment in Time of Family, Clan Mothers and Corncobs 2

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 36

• A Bit After Sunset

  Oil, Panel, 16.5 x 14

• A Fawning_72ppi

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8. two fawns observing a box turtle

• EAGLE FEATHERS

  Oil, 20 x 20

• Love Doves

  8 x 10

• Gary

  14 x 11

• Grass is Greener

  5 x 7

• Night Shift

  11 x 15

• HORNS OF AUTHORITY AND RESPECT,but juveniles will be juveniles

  Oil, 28 x 26

• A DAUGHTER'S TOUCH

  Oil, 10 x 8

• DISTANT ECHO

  Oil, 12 x 10

• NO SIGN OF HOSTILES

  Oil, 24 x 34

• NOT ON MY WATCH

  Oil, 9 x 6

• WATER SONG

  Oil, 24 x 14

• OUTSLIDE SLIVERS

  Oil, 14 x 18 7/8

• The Ceremonial Pipe
• THE WATERWAY SUSQUANNA

  Oil, 12 x 18

• APPLES OF ADORATION

  Oil, 17 x 13

• The Spellbinder's Serenade

  Oil, Canvas, 32 x 34

• Trade Silver

  11 x 14

• 1778 CAPTAIN PIPE RECEIVES THE PROMISE AS LONG AS SUN, MOON & EARTH ENDURE

  18 x 14

• Something Splashing This Way Comes

  20 x 30

• FULL MOON

  Oil, 9 x 12

• INTO A PRINCE SOME SAY

  Oil, Canvas, -9 x -12

• An Intimacy with Birds

  Oil, 15 x 11

• A Rare Sight, Eastern Bison

  22 x 30

• American Heritage

  Oil, 9 x 19

• ROCK SHELTER

  Oil, Canvas, 32 x 34

• A RHYTHM OF THE RIVER

  Oil, Canvas, -32 x -40

• At The Gardens, The Melon Gang

  Oil, 28 x 26. 1st place in Oil division in the 33rd Bosque Art Classic September 2018

• Ox Wagon

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 18

• Fresh Sign-Right There

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 36

• WATERSONG

  Oil, 24 x 14

• JOHN COLEMAN'S SLIM SALUTE TO PICKENS

  Oil, 24 x 16

• Head Study for The Ancients

  Oil

• A Secret Cache.................. Eiteljorg Museum Purchase Award

  Oil, 30 x 20. Eiteljorg Museum Purchase award

• THE UNINVITED......... ARC Salon ... Western Art Collector Award

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 36. Eastern rivers were the mode of travel for most Native Nations. These pathways crossed numerous Nations and one would not know if an advancing canoe might hold a friend or an enemy. This foreground…

• ALTERED FOR HOLIDAY...for my Christmas card

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 10

• GREAT FALLS OF THE PASSAIC.... ARC Salon.... 2nd in Landscape Award

  Oil, 56 x 35

• The Topper

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Whiteman's Canoe

  Oil, 8 x 10

• A Rhythm of the River..

  Oil, Canvas, 32 x 40. An 18th century gathering of Natives below a massive waterfall and on a massive flat rock formation , where they assemble to repair their means of river travel... the bark and dugout canoes and pad…

• French Creek 1753, Half King and Christopher Gist

  Oil, 28 x 24. Painting Information: During the winter of 1753, George Washington and his guide, Christopher Gist, were on a mission to French Fort LeBoeuf to deliver a message from Gov. Dinwiddie. Their first French con…

• THE CACTUS WREN

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 28. This painting was done for the Quest For The West Show. It was painted almost as a joke . I do not ,or am not know for painting any other genre , than historical. However it is a WESTERN themed sho…

• FOREVER

  Oil, 16.5 x 13

• Bark Canoe TLC

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12

• Frontiersman I

  Oil, 13 x 7

• Wildflower

  Oil, 13 x 8. Native American men tended to dress and adorn themselves more profusely than did their women. Captured uniforms were utilized as ceremonial or trophy wear. Black full body paint was used for intimidation in…

• Engaging the Shawnee VillageAugust 8, 1780

  Oil, 36 x 48. Just west of present day Springfield, Ohio grew 800 acres of Indian corn in the summer of 1780. Thirteen year old Tecumseh, the future tribal leader, lived in one of the Shawnee villages there. The British…

• Austringer & Accipiter Together They Soar

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 24

• Red Turban Tales

  Oil, 10 x 8

• A Fearful Noise

  Oil, 24 x 16. In the winter of 1754, no man traveled the outland frontier without accompaniment. Hostilities between the English and French were becoming fierce over this piece of Iroquois hunting ground. Captain Trent…

• Horns of Authority

  Oil, Canvas, 28 x 26

• Deployment

  Oil, 8 x 8. For the 2015 Quest for the West show, the painters in the show were asked to produce a painting to randomly be given to another attending artist. This painting was the piece I produced to be given in the art…

• Ready to Go

  Oil, 8 x 10

• Along Laurel Ridge

  Oil, 18 x 24. Painting Information: Troops of the British Royal American Regiment seek a moment of sanctuary. It is September 1758 along the high ledges above Loyalhanna Creek, where Fort Ligonier will be constructed. A…

• Make Smoke

  Oil, 11 x 9

• Partisans at the Trail Des Agniers

  Oil, 30 x 40

• Ambush 1725 at Lovewell Pond

  Oil, 32 x 56. Painting Information: This commissioned painting by a direct descendant of Captain John Lovewell. depicts the calm before the storm of an American Indian surprise attack on militiamen. Captain John Lovewel…

• Little Turtle

  Oil, 9 x 12. This painting will be available at the Autry Museum Masters of the American West show, in Los Angeles CA, February 2017. Please see the shows category for more information.

• Solace

  Oil, 9 x 10

• First Breath of Dawn

  Oil, 22 x 14. This piece has been painted for 2018 Masters of the American West show in Los Angeles, CA beginning February 10.I paint 18th century scenes and it’s people, but this painting includes a mid 19th century la…

• Making Smoke - Building Trade and Trust

  Oil, 30 x 40. Painting Information: This French trader’s acceptance of an offer to “pass the pipe” with these eastern Indians indicates that their negotiations have gone well. They have accepted him as dealing with them…

• Mary Draper Ingles Welcome Home!

  Oil, 24 x 18. Mary Draper Ingles was one of the most revered women of colonial America, because of her dauntless spirit to survive. In the Summer of 1755 the peaceful Draper's Meadow, located on the fringe of western se…

• Correspondence from Colonel Washington

  Oil, 10 x 12

• Going to Treaty

  Oil, 9 x 12

• Damn the CapitulationAn Incident at Fort Necessity, July 4, 1754

  Oil, 22 x 34. Fort Necessity in south western Pennsylvania, was a hastily constructed fort built by young Colonel George Washington (in Red Coat facing left with back towards you) and his 300 men in an attempt to defend…

• His Own Time

  Oil, Canvas, 10 x 8. This piece has been painted for the September 2017 Quest for the West Show in Indianapolis, IN.

• Full Feathered Regalia

  Oil, 20 x 12

• Onondaga Speech Maker

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Washington at the Point, 1753

  Oil, 38 x 60. During the Winter of 1753, a young George Washington laid eyes on what is now Western Pennsylvania for the first time. He was 21 years old and had recently attained the rank of Major in the Virginia Militi…

• Loyalhanna Crossing

  Oil, Canvas, 40 x 60. This was a commission piece for collectors. See the photo below :-)

• George Rogers Clark

  Oil, 24 x 20. This painting was commissioned by the Clark County Historical Society of Springfield, Ohio. In 1780 George Rogers Clark and his men from Kentucky raided the Native American village of "Peckuwetha" (or Piqu…

• Water Song

  Oil, 24 x 14. Painting Information: A woman, accompanied by her young son, is performing a common task, getting water. But this time she has taken a moment to stop and enjoy the soothing song of the falling water.

• Domain of Three NationsMajor Washington at Fort LeBoeuf, 1753

  Oil, 28 x 21. As tension between England and France builds, the Government of Virginia sends an enthusiastic 21 year old officer to deliver a polite but forceful request to the French to leave the Ohio Valley. After a c…

• ALMOST QUIET

  Oil, 18 x 24. This painting will be available at the 2018 Masters of the American West show in Los Angeles, CA.

• Native Flower

  Oil, 12 x 8. Natives of North America had their own tobacco when Europeans came to this continent but it was said to be of lesser flavor and rather bitter. This did not stop white farmers from crossing the tobacco varie…

• Counsel at the Spring

  Oil, 28 x 24

• CACTUS WREN

  Oil, 36 x 28

• LOST AND FOUND, FOR BOUNTY

  Oil, 24 x 36. Painting Information Risking everything, desperate soldiers often attempted to escape harsh discipline or unbearable circumstances by deserting. There are numerous accounts recorded from the 18th Century.…

• Old Friends

  Oil, 8 x 6 1/2. A portrait reveals an old man's deep affection, and his uniform reveals a bit of history. The red coat with black facing and its silver lace was worn by the governor of Connecticut's first company of the…

• The Arrows are Cherokee

  Oil, 12 x 9. Painting Information: Two Northern Natives have stumbled across a quiver of arrows made from cane. The arrows were made by a southern tribe, possibly their enemy, the Cherokee. Has this enemy come up from t…

• Founding Fathers: The Declaration Committee

  Oil, 36 x 40. On June 11, 1776 the second Continental Congress, meeting in the Pennsylvania State House at Philadelphia, appointed a committee of five men to draft a Declaration of Independence—whereby the thirteen colo…

• The Powder Tester

  Oil, 12 x 8. A powder tester is the small flintlock the man is holding. You put an amount of powder in, pull the trigger, and it blows the toothed wheel so many notches around, indicating how potent the powder is.

• Eye of the Hawk

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Friendship: A Common Ground

  24 x 16. In this painting, we see a gentler side of the rough eighteenth century frontier. Here we see young Mary Means bidding farewell to her friend, Maiden Foot. The following is an excerpt edited from the historical…

• ALMOST THERE

  Oil, 14 x 18. This painting was painted for the 2017 History Meets the Arts show & Sale in Gettysburg, PA.

• Unknown Message

  Oil, 10 x 8

• Practice for Combat

  Oil, 14 x 7. This piece has been painted for the 2018 Settler's West American Miniatures Show

• Coming to Trade

  Oil, 30 x 50. Painting Information: This painting could be the theme image for 16th, 17th and 18th century French and native co-existence in North America. The fur trade helped finance French expansion in the new world…

• Washington's Crossing, 1753

  Oil, 24 x 36. In the winter of 1753, a young Major George Washington was sent to Western Pennsylvania to deliver a message to French forces. A return message from the French to the British was entrusted to Washington to…

• Reading a Scant Trail

  Oil, 12 x 15

• She's A Beauty

  Oil, 32 x 34. This piece has been painted for 2018 Masters of the American West show in Los Angeles, CA beginning February 10.

• A Better Life

  Oil, 24 x 18. Painting Information: Europeans introduced North American native people to wool and linen cloth to replace their clothing fashioned from animal hides. Trade axes and knives of metal supplanted those of sto…

• October 12, 1758

  Oil, 18 x 36. In 1758, Secretary of State William Pitt and the military Commander-in-Chief Sir John Ligonier ordered Gen. John Forbes to lead a campaign against the French at Fort Duquesne. A series of fortifications we…

• Icy Night

  Oil, 14 x 12

• Trilogy

  Oil, 19 x 24

• Discovered

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Warm Companions

  Oil, 17 x 13. On the rugged New World frontier, settlers soon found that the native canine, the wolf, was much better suited to the harsh conditions than some of the favorite breeds brought from Europe. Their experiment…

• Passenger Pigeons Before There Were None

  Oil, Canvas, 25 x 21. As a young child, I was fascinated with stories of pigeon numbers so large that they blackened the sky. Book illustrations encouraged me to read accounts of their decimation by early settlers becau…

• The Prize

  Oil, 7 x 5. Some Native American cultures practiced replacing dead family members with captured individuals from enemy village raids. The captive (or prize) would be fully integrated and loved as the family member being…

• Distant Echo

  Oil, 12 x 10

• He Returns VictoriousGeorge Washington at Mount Vernon December 24,1783

  Oil, 18 x 40. The Revolutionary War has ended. The proceeding day George Washington resigned his military commission at Annapolis and rode towards his home with his man servant and several of his aides. They spent the n…

• Spontoon

  Oil, 12 x 9

• The Chauffer

  Oil, 9 x 12

• At First Light

  Oil, 10 x 24

• Sergeant Beaubien:Rogers Rangers

  Oil, 20 x 34. This group of Rogers Rangers are located on ground overlooking Lake George, New York which stretches Northward behind them. Captain Robert Rogers' men scout deeply within enemy territory supplying the late…

• Headin' for Higher Ground

  Oil, 16 x 11

• Land of the Iroquois

  Oil, 18 x 24. Reproductions of this painting were produced.

• Untitled

  Oil, 15 x 10

• Rogers Rangers Toward Ticonderoga, 1759

  Oil, 20 x 34. “If the enemy pursue your rear, take a circle till you come to your own tracks, and there form an ambush to receive them, and give them the first fire. If your number be small, march in a single file, keep…

• Frontiersman II

  Oil, 13 x 7

• The Legacy

  Oil, 15 x 18

• Wet Way, Washington's Choice

  Oil, 12 x 12. In 1755, George Washington was an aid to General Braddock as they built the road toward the Forks of the Ohio. It was a southern route from Virginia and more advantageous, as a future trade route, to Virgi…

• The Mouse

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Night Rain

  Oil, 12 x 9

• The Trackers

  Oil, 12 x 16

• Heading Home

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 36

• Libation Time

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Grandfathers

  Oil, 32 x 34

• PASSENGER PIGEONS , BEFORE THERE WERE NONE

  Oil, Canvas, 25 x 21

• Eye to Eye Emotion

  Oil, 9 x 12

• Better Than One

  Oil, 12 x 10

• Standing Stone Trail, Recognizing Friends

  12 x 9

• High Fast and Loose

  Oil, 9 x 12

• Captured Coat

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Join Us Brother

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 18

• Woods Wise

  Oil, 10 x 8. This one has seen and lived by the laws of nature. It has served him well.

• Secluded Pool

  Oil, 16 x 12. Reproductions of this painting were produced.

• Painted & Proud

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9

• The Helping Hand

  Oil, 13 x 22. It’s pretty common to see things written about the conflicts between the Native Americans and the settlers but friendships must have developed as well. Living on the frontier, they had to get along and tru…

• Blacksmith of Venango, 1752

  Oil, 8 x 11. John Frazier with a few other English traders on the upper Allegheny river in 1752 were visited by friendly local natives that appreciated his skill at metal repair. By mid 1753 the French had taken his cab…

• Priming the Pan

  Oil, 8 x 6

• How Many Beaver?

  Oil, 12 x 9. An Indian holds a trade gun and asks how many beaver pelts-like the stretched & dried skins behind him—it would take to keep the flintlock.In the early days of contact between the Colonial Frontiersmen and…

• Sounds of Silence

  Oil, 11 x 15

• Seneca Head Study

  Oil, 9 x 12

• Kinsman of the Shawnee

  Oil, 26 x 16. We do know that 18th century French Canadian traders often married native women and adopted the ways of their people to enable closer ties for better trade and protection. These Canadians adopted native dr…

• Touch Hole Touchup

  Oil, 12 x 10

• No Sign of Hostiles

  Oil, 24 x 34. Peaceful existence with it's native population was tenuous at best. Although loyalties and friendships did exist between the encroaching Europeans and some of the original inhabitants. However, there were…

• American Heritage

  Oil, 9 x 19. This poignant painting relates that moment when it is time to teach your son the proper use of a fire arm. The boy is proud and excited to finally be old enough and will soon know the deadly serious respons…

• Speaks of Powerful Deeds

  Oil, 30 x 36

• Abraham Lincoln

  Oil, Canvas, 96 x 46

• Breaking Camp at Turtle Creek

  Oil, 30 x 24. The first ray of morning tries to breech a tangle of virgin forest. It skips and dances its illumination across the moving shadow - shapes of a frontier family. Horses appear ready and are being packed for…

• An Eloquent Wisdom

  Oil, 16 x 12

• Bear Trap

  Oil, 12 x 9. Early settlers to North America faced many hardships, not the least of which were large predators like the mountain lion, wolf and black bear. As more and more demand for pelts fueled a growing world trade,…

• A Glimpse Of Red

  Oil, 11 x 8

• Stolen Bay

  Oil, 28 x 19

• Adornment

  Oil, 12 x 9. Personal face paint and design, as well as tattooing, varied among individuals; even among the same family group. It was recorded that Native Americans might completely change face paint two or three times…

• Eyes on the HorizonThe Delaware Shingas

  Oil, 20 x 12

• Dispatch

  Oil, 11 x 9. This Revolutionary War piece depicts a foot soldier delivering a message or "Dispatch" to a Dragoon (an officer on horseback). During the early part of the war American troops were not supplied with uniform…

• Extinct

  Oil, 20 x 12. Native people of eastern North America no longer enjoy the lifestyle existing before contact with Europeans. It might be said their original way is extinct. So it is also with our only indigenous parrot sp…

• High Place

  Oil, 12 x 22. The Native American faced a reevaluation of his very existence. The white man was crowding his homeland and changing the old ways of his people. Sporadic coexistence was proving tentative and often did not…

• Morning Glory

  Oil, 12 x 9. Morning Glory, a Revolutionary War soldier and young girl, each holding a morning glory blossom, enjoying a peaceful moment conversing while on the grounds of a period fort, or is he dreaming of someone he…

• Muted by the Vista

  Oil, 13 x 10. Two frontiersmen, probably militia scouts since they carry the English Brown Bess Musket, pause atop Chestnut Ridge to look westward. Many miles of undulation landscape have abruptly ended, revealing the v…

• Linsey-Wool and a New Dog for Hettie

  Oil, 16 x 25

• Once Upon a Time

  Oil, 20 x 34. The wilds of this new world frontier first saw the traders who dealt with the natives and required, like the natives, only temporary shelter - tents, lean-tos of wigwams.The next wave of Europeans brought…

• Passing the Time of Day

  Oil, 12 x 9. Time passes in different ways. In our modern times, life is governed by the clock. Our goal is to become more efficient. In the 18th century, the quality of one's life was measured with regard to the manner…

• Portage Standoff

  Oil, 14 x 30. Water courses offered the fastest means of travel throughout the frontier, though obstacles often presented barriers. Natural impediments such as rapids, shallow water, no water, or falls necessitated deto…

• Portico Stroll

  Oil, 9 x 19. Under the wisteria portico, 18th century eastern colonial life was quite different than life on the frontier further west. Soldiers here were soon to face a different reality in the deep woods of the Ohio V…

• Negotiations

  Oil, 36 x 46

• Shared Magnetism

  Oil, 9 x 12 3/4. Walking through the woods, haven't you come upon a certain place that seems somehow special - almost spiritual? Humans have left their mark since time began; hence the cave paintings. George Washington…

• Shootn' for Supper

  Oil, 9 x 12. Bark canoes, of Birch or Elm, were indigenous to the native peoples of the Great Lakes and upper eastern areas. Dugout canoes were also prevalent, but the lightweight bark type was more versatile, especiall…

• Sky Watching

  Oil, 23 x 16. A serene scene of respite. Two Native Americans enjoy a glorious last light provided by the great spirit of a setting sun.

• The Susquehanna Waterway

  Oil, 12 x 18. This is the "First of State" Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission (PFBC) Conserve 2000 stamp print program. Funds raised as part of this program are used for aquatic resource protection, habitat restoration…

• The Fur Trader

  Oil, 28 x 24. In the 18th century, the Iroquois controlled the hunting grounds of western Pennsylvania. They rarely granted a commission for a white (or European) to hunt there. They had learned the value of animal pelt…

• Trifling & Fiddling with the Blue Parrot

  Oil, 12 x 7. Colonial towns of the 18th century mirrored life in Europe. The novelty of exotic birds or animals from South America was enjoyed by many who took advantage of extensive trade.

• The Ancients

  Oil, 30 x 17. Painting Information: This painting, as well as the head study below, will be offered at the 2015 Masters of the American West Show, at the Autry Center in Los Angeles, CA. Please visit the news/shows sect…

• You Can Do It Girl

  Oil, 8 x 11. Frontier life could be hard; women needed to be self-sufficient. This woman alone may have traveled far through a trackless woodland to reach the aid of fortification or a neighbor.

• Nurturing

  Oil, 50 x 42. When Europeans first arrived in North America, they were amazed by the Indigenous People and their culture and how it differed from their own. Children appeared to be indulged and lavished with affection m…

• Dry Moccasins

  Oil, 26 x 38. Somewhere, on some river in the time of the 18th Century, a man has pulled his canoe onto a rock shore. We cannot tell much about him. His flintlock is mostly covered but it might be English. He could be a…

• River Watch

  Oil, 10 x 15

• Not Left Behind

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Right of Way

  Oil, 11 x 15

• Reunited

  Oil, 26 x 30. This painting will be available at the Autry Museum Masters of the American West show, in Los Angeles CA, February 2017. Please see the shows category for more information.

• Freeing the Chain Brake

  Oil, 9 x 12

• Pray for our Boy's Safe Return

  Oil, 13 x 10

• The Dog Handler

  Oil, 13 x 18

• Awaiting the Return

  Oil, 13 x 11

• Horse Thief

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Wilderness Inroads

  Oil, 22 x 42. Part of Indianapolis’ Eiteljorg Museum’s permanent collection, "Wilderness Inroads" astutely captures the allegory of the ever expanding European incursion into North America. While their deep approach int…

• Great Falls of the Passaic

  Oil, 56 x 35. Commissioned painting of the Great Falls of the Passaic (River), in Paterson, New Jersey. This is a National Historical Park, operated by the U.S. National Park Service. The painting won 2nd place in the l…

• Of Light and Shadow

  Oil, 12 x 9

• A Secret Cache

  Oil, 30 x 20. Winner of the 2013 Quest for the West Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award and hangs on display at Indianapolis’ Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art.Plunder was as vital a means of support on…

• Brothers of Intent

  Oil, 12 x 9

• High Hopes, Horse Sense

  Oil, 16 x 12

• Seneca Crafted Quillwork

  Oil, 14 x 11. This painting will be available at the Autry Museum's 2016 Masters of the American West show in Los Angeles, CA.“Remembering my ancestors” is the phrase related to me by a Seneca friend of the Iroquois nat…

• New Canoe

  Oil, 12 x 9

• God's Gift

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 21. God has many gifts but here flows the sweet gift of water, without which a man cannot establish a homestead. On the frontier, lowland was cleared for crops but a cabin might not be as well defended…

• The Agile Bark Canoe

  Oil, Canvas, 40 x 40. In the early days of the Eastern Woodlands, its native people used the many waterways as travel routes. They built canoes of two types: dug-outs, fashioned from hollowing out tree trunks, and the l…

• ANTLER

  Oil, 21 x 18. Painting Information: This painting will be offered at the 2015 History Meets the Arts show, in Gettysburg PA, June 12-14. Please visit the news/shows section for more info on the show.

• The Fording Place

  Oil, 20 x 30. It is summer in the hunting grounds of the Iroquois and this group has chosen to set up their camp on the banks of a stream that feeds into the Allegheny River. Fish and game are plentiful here and life is…

• Canoe in Sight

  Oil, Canvas, 10 x 8

• Winter Windfall

  Oil, Canvas, 22 x 34. A broken and abandoned hay cart and its precious cargo of supplies are discovered by these woodland Indians. The hay cart is not designed for hauling supplies much less a trip down a backwoods stre…

• Little Man

  Oil, Canvas, 8 x 11

• Cute Little Thing

  Oil, 13 x 15. Baby bird and young children, of any time period, present and appealing subject for an artist's brush. So must be the appeal we feel toward a cute little thing—to be cuddled and protected.

• A Daughter's Touch

  Oil, 10 x 8. The 60th Royal American Regiment came to the colonies circa 1755, during the French and Indian War. They learned, through misfortune, fighting here was not conducted according to European standards. Rarely…

• Fatherly Advice

  Oil, 9 x 12. An officer counsels his young drummer and flag bearer. Could they be his own sons? Could he be giving words that might save their lives? The 60th Royal American Regiment came to the colonies circa 1755, dur…

• A Place in the Sun

  Oil, 18 x 24

• A Son's Offering

  Oil, 9 x 13. Native American culture changed drastically as European trade goods became available. Old traditions began to fade. There was less ear mutilation and tattooing and use of natural materials for adornment. Yo…

• And Sometimes the Bear Gets you

  Oil, 14 x 18

• Another Time, Another Snow

  Oil, 9 x 12

• Are We There Yet?

  Oil, 10 x 8

• As a Feather on Water

  Oil, 10 x 16. Since transportation on water was primarily by canoe, the Native Americans were the best of the best. They created versatile canoes that were light to carry and light on the water but able to carry heavy l…

• Spatterdock and the Alien

  Oil, 11 x 14. This painting, unlike most of John’s work, is not a historical scene. It is however a painting of an indigenous, or native, water plant ... spatterdock ... found in North American wetlands. The alien is an…

• Too Cold for Wet Dogs

  Oil, 17 x 16. Original painting is currently available. Please contact me for more details if interested.

• Chasing Shadows

  Oil, 22 x 40

• Dogs - Two's Company, Three's a Pup

  Oil, 36 x 38. Original Painting is currently available. Please contact me for more details if interested.

• The Ceremonial Pipe

  Oil, 40 x 42. “Remembering my ancestors” is the phrase spoken to John Buxton by a Seneca friend of the Iroquois nation who made the replica of a calumet, or ceremonial pipe, which is shown in this painting. This contemp…

• UNSEEN

  Oil, 20 x 18. At first glance, you obviously spot the Indian and the bear. Does the Indian know the bear is there? And what about the bear? Look closely, and you'll see the bear is focused on the heron in the top right…

• Congenial Alliance

  Oil, 40 x 24. Original painting is currently available. Please contact me for more details if interested.

• The Uninvited

  Oil, 18 x 36. Winner of the Art Renewal Center 2014/2015 Salon competition Western Art Collector Magazine award.This early frontier scene of a tranquil wilderness waterway, reflects an Eastern Woodland Indian's suspicio…

• Young Dreams

  Oil, 20 x 11. Original painting is currently available. Please contact me for more details if interested.

• The Pelting

  Oil, 9 x 12

• Distant Neighbors

  Oil, 28 x 30. Distant Neighbors represents the early pioneer families who first ventured over and beyond the great Appalachian Mountain chain to develop homesteads and a new life that would someday encompass the entire…