Screaming Eagle Blues

About the Work

From the Artist

I was moving all around...Everywhere I moved to, my heart changed. In Duckworth I've become more introspective. That's where I'm at now. I'm just doing what I enjoy. I enjoy the mountains and the energy around that.
_{—Transcribed from 2020 video at https://www.westernfolklife.org/blog/2020/7/10/the-art-of-jack-malotte-exhibition-opens-july-11, accessed 7-1-2021}

A colorful mystic mountain landscape is what is depicted in Jack Malotte's Screaming Eagle Blues. Red and orange mountain ranges cascade into purple and blue as the scene moves from the foreground to the background. Multi-colored triangles fall from the sky over the landscape. The shadow of a bird is seen at the top of the print, moving across the gradient sky towards a moon located in the top right corner.
_{—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records}

Jack Malotte makes artworks that celebrate the landscapes of the Great Basin, with a unique focus on contemporary political issues faced by Native people seeking to protect and preserve access to their lands. Malotte infuses wry humor into his work, even as he delves into subject matter that is sometimes serious and sobering. Malotte's most recent work reconsiders historical narratives and myths of the American West, refers to Western Shoshone and Washoe traditions and legends, and highlights longtime political, environmental, and legal struggles of Native communities.
_{—Excerpted from https://www.nevadaart.org/art/exhibitions/jack-malotte/, accessed 7-1-2021}