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This painting is quite different from any print we have produced in the past 15 years. The painting is a combination of impressionism, used in a pallet-knifed foreground, and realism, as represented by the figures. The total image is, in our opinion, stunning.

"Riders of the Crooked Lance Clan" shows three Indian riders on a journey - but to do what? Are they a war party? A scouting group? Are they on a special mission looking for a new campsite or food? Chuck always wants the viewer to make up his own mind. In fact, you can change the story and change the character of the painting!

Indians lived and worked in clans or bands within the tribe. With the coming of the horses, the tribes had the ability to be extremely nomadic. They were able to split up into clans which would allow smaller groups to set off in a number of directions to hunt for food and likely places for the whole tribe to camp. Tribes would generally encamp together at least once each year and then the clans would live in close proximity to each other in the winter.

Every clan had a camp chief and a war chief. Each war chief had subchiefs, who were responsible for a given number of men within the clan. These men were trained for warfare and all of the tactics that would be used in battle. Becoming a cohesive unit was the objective of clan leadership.

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