The Downsizing Doula

David Williams piece is 15” x 18”, David Emmett Williams, known by his Tonkawa name Tosque, was a Kiowa/Tonkawa/Kiowa-Apache Native American painter from Oklahoma celebrated for his Flatstyle works taught at Bacone College. Active mainly between 1959 and 1980, he won national awards, exhibited widely in U.S. museums, and is represented in major collections including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. He stopped painting in 1981 after losing his sight to diabetes. Born: Aug 20, 1933 (Lawton, Oklahoma). David Emmett Williams, known by his Tonkawa name Tosque, was a Kiowa/Tonkawa/Kiowa-Apache Native American painter from Oklahoma celebrated for his Flatstyle works taught at Bacone College. Active mainly between 1959 and 1980, he won national awards, exhibited widely in U.S. museums, and is represented in major collections including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. He stopped painting in 1981 after losing his sight to diabetes. Born: Aug 20, 1933 (Lawton, Oklahoma) Died: Nov 8, 1985 (Tahlequah, Oklahoma) Died: Nov 8, 1985 (Tahlequah, Oklahoma) The second painting, 12” x 13”, I could not find info based on signature. The handpainted paper tubular lamp is 17” high.