27/08/2023
The remarkable Comanche artist Rance Hood grew up in the countryside between Indiahoma, Oklahoma and Cache, Oklahoma. Born in 1941 and raised in the home of his maternal grandparents, Rance was brought up in the Comanche way of life.
As a noted sculptor and painter of his tribal culture and spirituality, many of his original paintings rests in numerous museums and private collections throughout the United States.
In an interview from 2011, Rance shared that he began to paint around the age of 23. He would do horses and riders as well as work to do different backgrounds in the art. The colors of his art were bright and powerful. Moreover, he voiced the following of his art colors:
"I hardly mixed my paints. I started putting shades to everything, so I just started doing things my way. What I liked is just what I used. And sometimes I would add like some dark, like brown, to make a red kind of brownish. And then you can see where the red would come out brighter. And a lot of people didn't know how that was done." And he added "I started watercolor. Most of my stuff started watercolor. But when I started with acrylics, that got different. Because they were hard to handle. They were very thick. So, if you're going to do anything with acrylics, you better know what you're doing."
An excellent original Tempera on Paper painting entitled "War Dancer" by Rance Hood, circa 1975. Courtesy of galeriegabrie. Additional information from the Oklahoma Native Artists Oral History Project, OSU Library, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
