  About the Artwork
  
  
  In this two-panel composition, Kay WalkingStick explores different perceptions of the world. She utilizes beliefs from her Cherokee background and from her artistic exposure to American and European landscape training in her works. On the right, she depicts a cliff shining in the afternoon sunlight to symbolize the land perceived through the senses — in this case, sight. On the left, a symbol for the four cardinal directions represents the earth’s invisible, spiritual dimension. Side by side they illustrate two perceptions of the world.
  
  
  Title
  Four Directions: Vision
  
  
  Artwork Date
  1995
  
  Artist
  Kay WalkingStick
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  Native American
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
  Please note:
  Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events.
  Some definitions include:
  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  Native American
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
  Please note:
  Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group.
  
  
  
  
  Cherokee
  
  
  Medium
  Oil, acrylic, and wax on canvas
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 30 × 60 × 3 inches (76.2 × 152.4 × 7.6 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Paintings
  
  
  Department
  Indigenous Americas
  
  
  Credit
  Museum Purchase, Edgar A.V. Jacobsen Acquisition Fund
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  2005.25
  
  
  Copyright
  © Kay WalkingStick
