Vivid art from Thomas Pecore Weso is available through Mammoth PublicationsThomas Pecore Weso (M.A.), of the Bear and Turtle Clans, grew up surrounded by the rich artistic tradition of his Menominee and Potawatomi Indian family in northern Wisconsin. His Grandfather Moon Wesho, a prominent leader, and Uncle Monroe (Buddy) Weso were his first instructors in wood carving, drawing, plant lore, and spirituality. This Woodlands cultural background influences Weso’s artistic choice of vivid palette and balance of plant-derived designs against a background that reverses into foreground. This dynamism is apparent in a sequence of drawings and paintings set in the Arizona desert north of Phoenix.
Available for purchase are prints from the Bloody Basin Road series.
Bloody Basin Road is a backcountry road that runs through the Mazatzal Mountains, high-desert hill country, wooded canyons, rocky expanses, grassy ranges, the Verde River, and Seven Springs—all within Tonto National Forest. The road takes its name from the iron ore pigment that stains rocks and soil a deep red hue.
Weso has shown in La Prima Tazza and the Haskell Indian Nations University Cultural Center, and the Association of Native Professors Conference.
Weso is an adjunct professor at Longview Community College in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.