"FIRST SNOW"- MICHAEL "BAD HAND" TERRY

This latest painting is from Denny’s wife’s recent  photo shoot with Michael “Bad Hand” Terry, Native American. “Bad Hand” is his given Indian name. At his side is his 18-year-old Paint, “Apache.” In this image, Michael is portrayed in authentic Comanche (time period 1870’s) buffalo skin coat, leggings, smock and an otter hair hat. He is holding a US-made rifle designed especially for trade to the Indians. The stock of the US government-issued rifle is covered with decorative brass tacks.

There are also mittens hanging around his neck (out of view in this painting) that are made of soft leather. They were designed so that the trigger finger is gloved alone while the remaining fingers are together. The trigger finger guard on the specially-made rifles were designed with a large opening to allow for this single-gloved finger. It would be hard to feel the trigger or accurately judge the pressure on the trigger with an entire hand covered by a single mitten with only the thumb free. The portrayal here is in full winter dress, indicative of the harsh winter months suffered by the Plains Indians. This piece, appropriately title “First Snow,” is the first in a series of “Bad Hand.”

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