"The Last Paiute Chief"
Chief McKay Pikyavit 1930 - 2004 (Corn Creek Band)
By Frank M. Thomas
Historical Background:
Chief McKay Pikyavit (1920 - 2004), Corn Creek Band of the Paiute American Indian Tribe (central/southern Utah). I (the artist) knew McKay for about 15-20 years and always thought of him as a friend. He once told me of having been taught by his father to make a bow and arrows in the 'old way' and then was taken deer hunting into the mountain canyons east of the Reservation near Kanosh, Utah. He was a good, stalwart man, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and a law enforcement officer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Paiutes and members of the Pikyavit family commissioned this portrait painting. I was pleased and proud to be the selected artist. His brother, Phil Pikyavit, was appointed to serve as the Corn Creek Band chairman after McKay's retirement, since they no longer felt the need for a chief.
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Canvas (Giclee') Art Print Offerings:
18" x 20" (signed by artist/rolled - ready to stretch)..........................$112.00
tube shipped........................+ $12.25
18" x 20" (signed by artist/ fully stretched - ready to frame)......................$132.50
flat package shipped.............+ $18.50
30" x 34" (signed by artist/rolled only - ready to stretch)......................$268.50
flat package shipped.............+ $18.50
(NOTE: The rolled print may be stretched in most frame shops before framing.
The 18"x 24" sized print may use a standard sized frame after it is stretched.)
Art Print on Watercolor Paper Offerings:
12" x 13.5" (signed by artist)...........................$54.00
shipped flat..................+ 10.50
15" x 17" (signed by artist)...........................$67.50
shipped flat..................+ 12.50
*Please note*: Artist Frank Thomas' studio lithographic art print and giclee' canvas art print sales have now been resumed as of November 1st, 2008. He and his wife, Patreecia, have completed an eighteen month mission in the Ohio-Cleveland Mission, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at the Kirtland Historic Village Sites, Kirtland, Ohio. He was asked by LDS Church General Authorities to paint early Church history scenes of 1830's Kirtland.
He has now returned home to his art studio at 206 North 100 East, Holden, Utah 84636 and is producing LDS historical paintings and Old West paintings at that site. His art prints may be purchased online by credit card or by personal check.
Call Frank at his Studio" (435) 795-2206 or (435) 406-9526, or contact directly by email wildgoose@crystalpeaks.com.