The hummingbird holds an exalted place in Native American and Mexican mythology, often serving as a harbinger of good fortune, or a facilitator between humans and the spirit world. Legends tell of hummingbirds leading a tribe from oppression into a new homeland, bringing about the birth of the moon, and performing other important historical and mystical feats.

Randall Deihl, whose work has always explored the American character, presents an array of these creatures in the context of their mythological significance. Brilliant colors, vibrant brush strokes, and Deihl's unique blend of irony and historical reference, come together in a dazzling combination of the natural and the supernatural.

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Birds

Giclée Prints


Mayan
3.3" x 2.6"




Birdsong 21
17.5" x 2.5"
SOLD


Birds of Another Feather
7.75" x 6.5"
Red and Green with Parrots
8" x 7.75"
Caged Birds
3.75" x 3.75"

Whirlwind Bird
3.75" x 3.75"
Blue Abstract White Doves
8" x 6"
Red Parrot
3.75" x 3.75"

Galactic Bird
6" x 5"
Green Bird
3.75" x 3.75"


Humming Bird Abstract
3.75" x 3.75"

In a Pima legend a hummingbird acted like Noah's dove, bringing back a flower as proof the great flood was subsiding.

Birdsong 05
6"
$1,800
Birdsong 20
11.5" x 9.75"
$4,000
Birdsong 12
6"
$1,800

Birdsong 30
7.5" x 6.25"
$1,800
Birdsong 09
6.25" x 3.75"
$725
Birdsong 17
6" x 5"
$1,400

A Mojave legend tells of a primordial time when people lived in an underground world of darkness. They sent a hummingbird up to look for light. High above them the little bird found a twisted path to the sunlit upper world where people now live.

Birdsong 28
6" x 5"
$1,500
Birdsong 13
6"
$1,800
Birdsong 15
6" x 4.75"
$1,600

Birdsong 16
3" x 4.25"
$1,075
framed with #29
Birdsong 29
4" x 3"
Birdsong 18
3.5" x 5.25"
$625

Hopi and Zuni legends tell of hummingbirds intervening on behalf of humans, convincing the gods to bring rain. Because of this, people from these tribes often paint hummingbirds on water jars. 


Birdsong 06
2.75" x 6.25"
$575
Birdsong 19
11.5"
$3,800
Birdsong 24
9" x 3.5"
$1,600

Birdsong 26
6.25" x 6.25"
$1,800
Birdsong 22
6"
$1,800
Birdsong 23
4.75" x 4.5"
$725

A Mayan legend says the hummingbird is actually the sun in disguise, and he is trying to court a beautiful woman, who is the moon.

Birdsong 25
9.25" x 7.75"
SOLD
Birdsong 01
10" x 12"
SOLD
video
Birdsong 31
7.25" x 7.25"
SOLD
video

Birdsong 02
4.75" x 5"
SOLD
Birdsong 14
3.5" x 3.5"
SOLD
Birdsong 08
4" x 3.75"
SOLD

One Pueblo story tells of a demon who is blinded after losing a bet with the sun. In anger he spews out hot lava. The earth catches fire. A hummingbird then saves the beautiful land of people and animals by gathering clouds from the four directions. Hummingbird uses rain from these clouds to put out the flames. This legend says the bright colors on a hummingbird's throat came after he fled through the rainbow in search of rain clouds.

Birdsong 10
5.75" x 5.5"
SOLD
Birdsong 04
3.5" x 2.75"
SOLD
Birdsong 03
4.25" x 3.5"
SOLD

Birdsong 27
7" x 4.25"
SOLD		  
Birdsong 07
5.75" x 8.25"
SOLD

 

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