Cherokee Artist -- Bud Breen

I have been wanting to show you this Bud Breen painting since I created this blog. Isn't it striking? And so very unlike anything we've ever seen of Bud's work. This image came from The Cherokee Nation website. There are several images of his paintings there. I saw the above image several years ago but could never find it online again. I just happened to stumble across it tonight. Its caption reads: Three generations of Cherokees. On the left is Mary Layton, the matriarch of the Cherokee Nation of Mexico. In the center is her grandmother, Mary Price, who died in 1892. On the right is her grandson, Charles Rogers. Bud’s painting brings this family together on canvas in the same way that it exists in our hearts.

Surfing the net for Bud Breen?

There is limited information about Bud Breen on the internet and most of it is easy to find but you do have to dig a little. I can save you a some time. Here are the sites I most often refer people to when they want to know more about Bud Breen and his paintings of the old west.

Alamo Village, The Alamo, Gunfighters, and Brackettville
Bud Breen in 1961
Bud Breen in 1964

There's not much of anything at the following site about Bud, but you can see an image of a mural Bud did that hangs in the Bandera, Tx Chamber of Commerce:
Bud Breen Mural


If you do a search on this page for the word, "Nakai" you can read about Bud's amazing wife, she inspired a lot of his work:
Cherokee Nation

This New York Times article briefly mentions Bud's wife Nakai in regard to her work with the Kickapoos:
Nakai Breen -- New York Times


This link mentions Nakai and includes a small image of one of Bud's paintings, a spiritual piece, that depicts Nakai herself:
All Native People


A few interesting photos including one with Bud Breen and Don Collier with a brief mention of Bud and his wife Nakai:
Don Collier