Mother And Child Southwest

Mother And Child Southwest

This is a pastel by mom, Pat McReynolds. Being half Filipino and half Norwegian, born of immigrant parents, she was drawn to the Native-American culture here in the United States. But being an art history professor, she was fascinated by the art and culture of all...
Pottery – Native American Style

Pottery – Native American Style

Here’s another example of the beautiful and authentic-looking Native American style pottery that Mom (Patricia McReynolds) hand built. As noted, she had the unusual opportunity to spend summers on the Navajo reservation in Arizona learning Native American pottery...
Heavenly Horses

Heavenly Horses

This one is very poignant to me. It’s an unfinished oil painting by mom, Pat McReynolds. It’s the last painting that was she working on at the time of her death. This is the painting that she wanted to get back to work on as she was lying in her hospital bed. She was...
Combatants

Combatants

This drawing was included in a series of 13 drawings in a collection titled “arcana A heterogeneous collection of enigmatic drawings by Robert Winsett for the discriminating collector of potpourri.” I’ve always liked this drawing of my dad’s a lot, partly because the...
Balancing Hibiscus

Balancing Hibiscus

Here’s a yellow hibiscus in oil by mom, Pat McReynolds, in abstraction. After she died in 2014, Cliff offered me her easel, but I already had my own. In retrospect, I should’ve taken hers. I suspect it would have given me inspiration. He gave me her paint brushes...
Native American Style Pottery

Native American Style Pottery

Mom (Patricia McReynolds) spent summers on the Navajo reservation learning Native American pottery making and teaching children’s hand-building ceramics classes. Here’s an example of a beautiful piece she made – it looks authentic! What a unique experience it was for...