Red Spirit Horse

Ray Darby

Red Spirit Horse, Paintings by Ray  Darby
  • Ray Darby
  • Darby painting
  • Hunting Horse painting
Item Purchased
Savvy Price $250.00
Gallery Price $350.00
Title
Red Spirit Horse
Artist
Ray Darby
Medium
Gouache (opaque watercolor) on paper
Sight size
19 3/4" height X 15 1/4" width
Signed
"Hunting Horse 73" at viewer's lower right
Date of creation
1973
Condition
Excellent, as appeared matted.
Provenance
C Un
Mat size
25 3/4" height X 21 1/2" width
About The Red Spirit Horse

This painting's deep purple background is a perfect foil for this prancing spotted horse !

About Ray Darby

(1938-2016) Thayhaiya was this Kiowa artist's Indian name. It translates to Hunting Horse.  

Ray's formative years traveling and singing with his family's gospel group.  He could sing and play both the guitar and the piano.  After having married Ella Glasbow of Lawton, Oklahoma, they traveled and sang together as a couple, forming the Darby Indian Singers.  Later Mr. Darby became a preacher.

A painting of an Indian dancer by Ray Darby is in the the Museum of the American Indian's permanent collection. He is listed in The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters and in Jeanne Snodgrass's publication American Indian Painters.

Cultures

American Indian

Medium

Paintings

Subject

Horses

Keywords

Hunting Horse, Ray Darby, Darby painting, Hunting Horse painting, Kiowa painting