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The Storytellers the Mythic Shamanic Bone Art of Sheryl Cotleur


The Storytellers
the Shamanic Art
of Sheryl Cotleur

Sheryl tells us,
"I call my artwork The Storytellers. These are mythic figures made of animal bone, often 5 or 6 feet in either height or width.

These Storytellers are ancestors, spirits of those who went and came back.

Part animal and part human, they travel easily through the skin between the worlds teaching us stories of life, death, transformation, ritual and initiation."


Raven totem Thunderbird, Bear, Beaver, Frog, Wolf, and Human - the Shamanic Art of Sheryl Cotleur

RAVEN AND THE TRAVELLERS
48"h X 39"w X 21"d. (1999 )

Raven wears the totems of the Great Nations of Thunderbird, Bear, Beaver, Frog, Wolf, and Human down his chest and so in this way honors all our relations.


Lamenter - ancient chants - Shamanic Art of Sheryl Cotleur

Lamenter sits on Raven's right shoulder singing the ancient chants. These are the songs that honor the departed and create the rhythm for Rower's strokes.


Raven - hero and trickster in Spirit Canoe - Shamanic Art of Sheryl Cotleur

Raven, both hero and trickster, helps set the Travellers on their way to the other side as they move off in their sacred Spirit Canoe.This symbolically marked Canoe is kept on course by Rower, the steadfast one, while Warrior stands honor guard in the rear and Priestess kneels facing the painted Reliquary Box-- the container for the departed souls.


All the artworks are for sale. Prices available upon request. Sheryl is also available to give talks on her work, either through slides or by transporting her work to the site. Her talks take the form of storytelling thru myth as she highlights the whole and the variousdetails of a piece. Fees for talks are negotiable.

For more information on her work, contact:
Sheryl Cotleur
142 Bungalow Ave. San Rafael, CA 94901
(415)455-9119
sheryl@cotleur.com

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