A place of miserable weather and strong family connections declares me Clan Morrison. A miserable soul and being sick of college makes me an artist. Artist love the Appalachian and one of the lesser appreciated states is Ohio. In Florida, a friend yield out “OH” and from a distant show one herd an “IO.” He did this to prove the superiority of OHIO. Where I now live it rains every Sunday.

Ohio has a unique mythos. The state wild flower in front of the pipe is a white trillium which has Celtic Roots being the symbol of a warrior goddess. The arrow head is the state rock Ohio flint, but also for the original home of Tecumseh and Wounded Eye (“The Prophet”) over which was one of the reasons for the War of 1812 in creating a Anglo-Native American state of the Mid-west. The Native American still blame the English for Tecumseh’s failure. The Indian pipe shows two things. The first is the mound builders in Ohio. Second it remembers the Moravians who were massacred by the American Troops during the American Revolution.  The antler is for the state animal and a Native mythical beast called the wendigo. Everything is on the Ohio flag which is the only state dovetail flag. I drew this picture about a year ago 

I named this piece “Lewis” after Lewis Island which is just off the coast of Scotland. These thatched stone circular building are still used there. Clan Morrison is also from there. If you are interested in this or any other of my work email me at MatthewMorrison76@yahoo.com.