Lillian Pitt's larger sculptures, seen below in a variety of sizes and in mixed media, come from the same place of communion with ancestral spirits that marks all her work, from masks and prints to jewelry. Some of the large scupltures are available for purchase at the galleries linked below. Lillian's work also includes statuettes and smaller sculptures suitable for private or corporate art collections. For examples of sculptures and totems on an even larger scale, see Lillian's Public Art Portfolio. (Metal casting of the sculptures was by Ken MacKintosh.)

"Messenger Tells Earth About the Sky"
©2000, Bronze and Steel, 89" x 42" x 23"

"Native American artist, Lillian Pitt combines steel and bronze to create a 7-foot high bird figure of great power. 'Messenger Telling Earth about the Sky' has two rusted steel panels that act as wings beneath an imposing bronze eagle's head...Dominating the entire display her 'Messenger' presides with an imposing dignity."

Matthew Kangas, Seattle Times review
On display at the Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, WA.

"Warm Springs Totem"
67" x 17" x 4 1/2"

"The Totem series adds body and limb to Lillian's masks, each depicting an amimal, plant, or human spirit that offers guidance to individuals wishing to realign themselves with the wise and knowing ways of the ancestors."
Available at The Bonnie Kahn Gallery, Portland, OR.

"When He Thought About
How the World Would be in Danger"

Sculpture - Mixed Media, 168" x 28" x 8"
The full title of this piece is "When he thought about how the world would be in danger, all he could do was to think about turning her into stone." This totem is a Mixed Media piece consisting of copper mesh, metal, wood, cotton string and beaver-chewed sticks. Available at the Sunbird Gallery, Bend, OR.

Basket People

Lillian based these two scupltures on images in traditional basket weavings by the Wasco/Wishxam people and then gave them their dimensions and vast size.

Close-up Views of the Heads of the Sculptures above:

Both are available at The Bonnie Kahn Gallery, Portland, OR.

More Sculptures

LEFT: "SHE FOLLOWS HER DREAM,"
purchased by the Halle Ford Museum, Salem, OR.
RIGHT: "DRAWING ON THE FIRE OF THE STARS,"
Available at The Bonnie Kahn Gallery, Portland, OR, this 7' sculpure is based on Columbia Gorge petroglyphs, and made from glass insulators, rebar steel rods, and sheet bronze.

"GHOST TOTEM,"
Purchased by a museum in the United Arab Emirates.

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