Watercolor Vision Quest Paintings by Patricia Allingham Carlson

Vision quests are paintings of people reaching, seeking, dancing for wisdom, interpretations of the quest for one's life path. In many Native American and other cultures, a vision quest is taken to seek out ones path in life. This idea has been adopted by many individuals and is illustrated by the artist's paintings of dancing, seeking, and learning. They produce an air of wisdom, only to be obtained by completed a vision quest.

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• • Power Dance
    
    
  • Vision Quest III
    
    
  • Vision Quest IV
    
    
  • Vision Quest I
    
    
  • Tale Spinner
    
    
  • Song of Earth
    
    

  • Power Dance: A warrior moves in a solemn dance, gathering power with every gesture.	Vision Quest III: A shaman dances by a powerful river to seek his path. He dances his dream vision. Magic orbs in the air as a seeker dreams of wisdom.	Vision Quest IV: Seeking a dream, a warrior stands atop a cliff opening his heart to wisdom. A magnificent waterfall and cliffs surround the warrior as he achieves his quest.	Vision Quest I: The outline of a warrior shows faintly against the steep cliff where he seeks and dreams of his pathways.	Tale Spinner: A Native American man tells a young woman things he's seen, places traveled, spins a tale into the air around them	Song of Earth: Full of life and memories and times from a rich culture.

  • Magic Shaman
    
    
  • River of Souls I
    
    
  • River of Souls
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  • Anasazi Dream
    
    
  • Power Dance II
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  • Tale on the Wind
    
    

  • Magic Shaman: Lifts a sphere of magic to empower his wishes.	River of Souls I: A stately shaman dances for visions by a river stirred with magic.	River of Souls: High from a cliff top, the view of the moon on a river far below is decorated by signs from the many who have traveled there.	Anasazi Dream: The faces of a man and woman from long ago gaze over the ruins of a wonderful stone village high in the desert cliffs.	Power Dance II: A warrior moves in a solemn dance, gathering power with every gesture.	Tale on the Wind: A shield adorned by feathers, a mysterious forest, secrets are afoot