Portfolio
Description
11" x 17" Ink Drawing on Paper of Pleiades.
Historic Women of NM Mural
Basic Info
This 44'x17.5' mural is located on the north wall of Casa Barelas in Albuquerque, NM. It was painted by Colleen Gorman and Al Na'ir Lara.
Description
Set on a New Mexico landscape with native flora, fauna and rock studies. Mural figures from left to right are (on top) Pablita Velarde, Adela Martinez, Carrie Tingley, Cathay Williams, Margarita Neri, Maria Martinez, Clara Huning and her children Erna and Harvey Fergussen, Navajo Long Walk children at Hweeldi/Bosque Redondo ("Place of No Hope"), and Longwalk survivor descendant, Mary Brown.
Navajo deity Spiderwoman, Mother Earth, Father Sky, a study of people of the pueblo migration story as depicted in Pablita's "Old Father Storyteller : Grandfather Stories of the Pueblo Native American Indians", and (below) Remedios Varos. All figures except Remedio Varos are historic New Mexico figures.
Mother
Moon
Description
Mixed Media (pastel and pencil) on 9"x12" Paper. 2002.
Sold to Private Collector
Ninjax study
Spawn Study
Bert the Lonely Bug
Description
3D rendering of Egyptian scarab bug character and environment, which were modeled, textured and animated by Colleen Gorman using Maya.
Image 1
Flying Wing Cycle 004
Egyptian scarab bug in flight mode with open wing cover and transparent wings.
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Image 2
3D rendered perspective view
Looking from the ground up. Bert walks on sand towards a Haleaka plant and other foliage under a slightly cloudy night sky containing the big dipper
Spiderwoman Studies
Description
Left
Mixed Media-Color Pencil and brush ink drawing on paper.
Spiderwoman throws webbing to viewer, while standing in front of 260 Day Sacred Calendar color study
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Alien Humanoid
Description
Gel pen illustration
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Artwork Description
Stylized female interdimensional being created for "Leapin Lily" children's animation series pilot project.
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Project Lead - John Hanrahan
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Project Creative Associates - John Hanrahan, Ivy Lau, Andy Tucker, Colleen Gorman and Marcos R.
Fire Poker
Description
Woodburning on found object.
Female Earth spirit, stylized waterbirds and corn growing up from her naturally formed belly button.
Below
Woman sitting in prayer during a peyote meeting.
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Bottom
Burnt end of firepoker. Darkened firgure in tipi on other side of fireplace in peyote meeting.
Changing Woman
Description
2.5' x 4' Mixed Media.
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Acryclic painting, woodburning, found objects (shells, stone...)
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Art Description
Dineh Holy Deities, Stylized Father Sky in background, Changing Woman, Talking God, Corn Beetle Girl, Corn plant, butterflies and other creatures, with shell and stone
NATIVE WOMAN
Description
Wearable Art
Painting of woman on jean pants
Treaty Card # 22 - Fort Finney Treaty Card Design by CT Gorman
Description
A digital illustration and painting completed in Procreate. Output created for portfolio use. Finished work for sale through Red Planet Books and Comics owner, Dr. Lee Francis IV, as part of a deck-sized collection of Treaty Trading Cards.
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Artwork description
Fort Finny is set as the backdrop to a digitally illustrated and painted recreation made in good faith of a period painting, with some compositional changes to sum up the Fort Finney Treaty signing on January 31, 1784. A Shawnee leader is depicted offering a black and white wampum belt that signifies war and peace. Clark (of the renown Lewis & Clark brothers who conducted the Lewis & Clark expedition with Sacajawea) uses his cane to knock the wampum belt down, then puts his foot and cane down on the wampum belt to indicate his disdain. Hundreds of people from Shawnee, Wyandotte and Lenape tribes have already convened and signed the treaty at this depicted point in time. Lenape and Wyandotte people, along with their ancestral spirits of the land, are represented through tribal icons and cultural art in the foreground (turtle and seaweed) and background (tree carvings, and masked multidimensional spirit). An elder Shawnee leader puts his seal on the treaty at a table loaded with goods, and under threat of violence against his people. Soldiers and business stakeholders smile, talk amongst each other, and showcase piles of goods offered in exchange.
Others Involved in the Mural
Izabelle Fernandez de Williams supported the mural primarily as a support coordinator. She proposed the idea of a collaboration to Al Na'ir and Colleen with an inital collage study that she had done of Pablita Velarde. Later Izabelle presented Al Na'ir and Colleen's collaborative designwork to the city, and after obtaining approval to carry out the mural, provided food, supplies and pay to Colleen and Al Na'ir for the work done. Izabelle did not participate in painting any part of the mural, except for her initiial study, request for inclusion of Pablita Velarde, Remedios Varos, and Margarita Neri, and signing her name to the wall. It must be noted that Izabelle's initial portrait study of Pablita Velarde (born Tse Tsan (Tewa "Golden Dawn")), a Native American artist and painter from Santa Clara Pueblo) sparked inspiration for the inclusion of other historic women of New Mexico. Individuals that Izabelle asked Al Na'ir and Colleen to study in order for inclusion in the mural design are Remedios Varos, a surrealist artist from Spain, Margarita Neri, a Dutch-Maya Commander during the Mexican Revolution and Pabilita Velarde, A Native American artist and painter.
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Community
Youth members of Young Women United (YWU) helped with fill and with studies on some of the natural landscape elements, which were incorporated into the finished work. Tachii'nii Gorman helped snap lines on the wall for layout, scribbled the first mark on the freshly snapped blank wall, and helped later on at different times with fill. Our partners, family members and members of the community also stopped by in support of the mural, to provide snacks, and at times to lend a hand in whatever aspect of muralwork, setup, or break-down was needed. Some of those listed above are: Ann-erika Whitebird, Denise Cadena, Nanibah Chacon and others