Statement on the Indian Arts and Crafts Act
Jay Moody is an enrolled citizen of the Cheroenhaka-Nottoway Indian Tribe, and of Muskogee Creek Heritage. All artwork is authentic Native American/American Indian art and conforms to the requirements of the American Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990.
Note: Art work and paintings marked as "sold"can be recreated as a similar though not identical piece.
12x16 acrylic on canvass
A phantom bluesman playing his spectral guitar at twilight.
12x16 acrylic on canvas
A rendition of the spirit of Texas Blues Legend Stevie Ray Vaughan
16x20 acrylic on canvas
Earth lodges are sacred places to Southeastern Indians. They represented the womb of the earth and maternal spirit of the Corn Mother. They were often reserved for ceremonial occasions.
This is specifically a representation of an Earth Lodge located in Ocmulgee National Monument near Macon, Georgia.
16x20 acrylic on canvas
Kokopelli is a powerful spirit. A hunchbacked flute player, and the spiritual embodiment of music. A trickster as well, Kokopelli is often associated with agriculture and fertility.
12x16 acrylic on canvas
The Sun as portrayed like a fiery eye looking down from a darkening sky.
11x14 acrylic on canvas
The Bear is a medicine symbol of strength and certainty to many Native Peoples throughout the world.
11x14 acrylic on canvas
Forest Child is a representation of the mischievous spirits known to inhabit the deep forests and glens, existing in a state of perpetual revelry, sometimes helpful, but mostly playing practical jokes on unwitting travelers and hikers.
12x16 acrylic on canvas
The turtle is a sacred creature to Creek and Cheroenhaka as well as many other Native Peoples, symbolizing earth, creation and primordial existence. Here we have a medicine wheel, another sacred symbol superimposed upon its back as it is suspended in the air as the ultimate symbol of an earth, sky and creation.
12x16 acrylic on canvas
A nebula inspired by staring at the night time sky during a camping trip
12x16 acrylic on canvas
What frightening creatures lurk in the darkness of the the human mind?
Important Note: This painting is very dark in color. It looks almost completely black except when viewed at certain angles with specific lighting. It is intended to portray the vagueness, confusion and uncertainty of the subject matter.
12x16 acrylic on canvas
A representation of a disturbing experience I had one late night just outside of a sacred space.
12x12 acrylic on canvas
An image as described by my mother after a vision she had leaving a Stomp Dance late one night.
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