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Duane Slick Prints 

To check availability and to purchase any of the prints created through MATRIX Press please contact Director James Bailey by emailing: James.bailey@umontana.edu


​Artist Statement
In narrative traditions, to tell the story of tragedy one must always begin by telling the ending first. I once believed that the weight of such expectations functioned as a cultural given for the artist of Native American descent. Its rules stated that we cry for a vision and place ourselves in a single grand narrative of history and representation.
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...but the laughter of Coyote saturated and filled our daily lives. It echoed through the lecture halls of histories and it was so powerful and it was so distracting that I forgot my place in linear time and now I work from an untraceable present.

Aria for A Coyote Opera Series / 2018

aria. [(ahr-ee-uh)] A piece of music for one voice (or occasionally two voices) in an opera, oratorio, or cantata. In contrast with recitative singing, arias are melodious; in contrast with ordinary songs, arias are usually elaborate. From Dictionary.com
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 In this series of prints I imagined the stained paper as a backdrop for an unfolding narrative that alludes to a moment of drama or consequence. In these arias the coyote, the beaver, the snake, the bat, the turtle, the rabbit and eagle with smaller birds coexist on a dream like stage acting out the heroic effort of survival.
 All prints in this series are monotypes (one-of-a-kind) with hand dyeing, and are 22"x30" Horizontal or 30"x22" vertical.   All prints in this series are $1100.00


Coyote Series/Blue

All prints in this series are 11"x14" 4 color screen print with additional handwork by the artist. Sale Price: $750.00

Coyote Series/CMY

All prints in this series are 11"x14" 4 color screen print with additional handwork by the artist. Sale Price: $750.00

The Birth of the Dollar Series

All prints in this series are 30"x22" / 6 color screen print with additional handwork by the artist.  All prints in this series are $950.00