B N (Bemic Nelson) Yellowman - Artist Info

About B N (Bemic Nelson) Yellowman

Name variants

B Yellowman Nelson, Bemic Nelson Yellowman, Bennie Nelson Yellowman
  • Biography

    • Native American Heritage - Navajo
    • Raised in Ogden, Shiprock, Albuquerque
    • Principal works are acrylic on canvas.

    • Yellowman is a self-taught artist who has been painting since 1963.

    • He is known for his dynamic acrylics; most notably his Dog Soldiers.

    • Yellowman has captured the strength and protective spirit of the Dog Soldiers. He is masterful in his application of both watercolor on paper and acrylic on canvas. When he paints the faces of his people, they are as intriguing to him as an artist as they are to his collectors because of their reminder of fateful events from 100 years ago. "I paint this imagery as both a remembrance and healing process, and to hopefully give the Dog Soldiers the ho...

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