This beautiful painting was commissioned by my daughter Clarissa from her friend Brandy Davis. Brandy is native American and is from the Lipan Apache Band of Texas. At the time of painting the image, Brandy was living in Nampa, Idaho. The Nativity scene is hand painted on two turkey feathers, of which Brandy says she has an abundance.
July 2, 2023
Clarissa and her family had been living away from Arizona for 10 years at the time. They were coming to Arizona for the baptism of their youngest daughter, Remi, and for a little vacation, as I understood it at the time. They arrived on a Sunday at my house for lunch before going on to Logan's brother's house for dinner. (Logan is Clarissa's husband.) Clarissa gave me a very securely wrapped gift, "for my birthday," which was not for 28 more days. I made the comment that the box wasn't big enough for a house. After I opened the gift and admired it, she responded, "So I got you a birthday present, because we're not going to be here for your birthday. Maybe tomorow we could see our new house." That was how she told us that they were moving back to Arizona. They had actually arrived the day before. Everything was already sold and done. So it was no longer "going to move," but they had moved all without us knowing or needing our help. I was very excited and happy, crying tears of joy.
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