Ryan Hopper: Art from Arizona's Dine reservation to Salem's Bush Barn Annex * Oregon ArtsWatch
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"I grew up very close to my paternal grandmother, she was a Navajo rug weaver, she comes from our family of shepherds. She's like, the sole reason I would say, for my creativity," he said.
"Growing up watching her weave rugs and me being there all the time next to her, I would be playing with my little Tonka trucks... helping her when she would spindle the wool and help card the wool, too."
"Hopper's work is idiomatic. The images are emotional and symbolic. Longer contemplation reveals allegorical stories that take on deeper contextual meanings, a narrative of his history and culture."
"I grew up on a sheep camp and I was around sheep pretty much every day growing up. We were herding the sheep to like their different corrals and stuff like that."
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