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Founding Fathers

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:47:59 +0100

No single document captures the American spirit better than the Declaration of Independence. John Buxton invites you to witness history as writer Thomas Jefferson reviews his first draft with the committee of Franklin, Adams, Sherman and Livingston and they share with him their immediate reaction. They are shown here in Jefferson's rented room in the Graff House (located at Seventh and Market in Philadelphia), where his guiding vision was instrumental in developing the cornerstone of our government. Standing (left to right) are Robert Livingston (NY), Roger Sherman (CT), Thomas Jefferson (VA) and John Adams (MA) with Benjamin Franklin (PA) seated at the table.

Size:	35"w x 32"h		Edition:	55
InformArt:	Not listed		Status:	Sold out at publisher

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Ambush at Lovewell Pond

Sun, 13 May 2012 13:38:54 +0100

Artist John Buxton's new Fine Art Edition depicts the calm before the storm of an American Indian surprise attack on militiamen. Captain John Lovewell of New England, a ranger and renowned scalp hunter, died on May 8, 1725 as he led a third expedition against the Abenaki Indians in an area now known as Fryeburg, Maine. A number of colonial militiamen and Abenaki Native Americans, including a notorious war chief named Paugus, also died in the engagement which marked the end of hostilities between the Abenaki and the white colonists in this part of the colonies.

More than 100 years later, the event was immortalized in a poem The Battle of Lovell's Pond, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, author of Paul Revere's Ride, and The Song of Hiawatha.

One of the verses reads:

The warriors that fought for their country, and bled,
Have sunk to their rest; the damp earth is their bed,
No stone tells the place where their ashes repose,
Nor points out the spot from the graves of their foes.

"I'm a historical artist. I don't claim to be a historian," said Buxton who is known for his painstaking research into every detail. He hired a Maine historian to help him explore the banks of what is now Lake Lovewell in Maine. They canoed the lake and saw the actual sites of Captain Lovewell's exploits. Buxton noted the steep slope of the bank, the vegetation and fully imagined the scene that eventually took shape on his canvas. The original painting was commissioned by a direct descendant of Captain John Lovewell. Now you, too, can own a piece of this remarkable Colonial New England history.

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How Many Beaver

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:05:55 +0100

"In the early days of contact between the Colonial Frontiersmen and Native American Nations, it became apparent that each wanted something of the other - thus began trade, primarily the fur trade," explains artist John Buxton. "Native territories held good habitat for many fur bearing species and the various Indian Nations took advantage of this bounty to procure those European goods that would change their way of life. The old ways of the bow and arrow, stone axes and the original life of their ancestors would be altered with the introduction of wool and cloth for clothing, metal pots for cooking, sharper knives and hatchets, iron traps and, of course, the flintlock gun. All of these products resulted in culture change and a growing dependence upon these trade items in order to maintain the good life."

In John Buxton's new release, How Many Beaver?, an Indian holds a trade gun and asks how many beaver pelts like the stretched & dried skins behind him it would take to keep the flintlock. This painting was awarded First Place out of 4,000 entries in the Portrait category of the 2005 The Artist's Magazine competition and graced the cover of the December issue.

Size:	9"w x 12"h	Edition:	75
InformArt:	Not listed	Status:	Available at publisher
Gallery Wrap:	Available for $30 - Offered for FREE by Hidden Ridge Gallery

Price: $195.00