Historical Portraiture | John Buxton

• Professional Surveyor at Seventeen

  Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14. Lord Fairfax papers declared the young 17 year old GEOEGE WASHINTON as the official surveyor fo Culpeper county Virginia in 1749

• The Topper

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Frontiersman I

  Oil, 13 x 7

• Red Turban Tales

  Oil, 10 x 8

• Deployment

  Oil, 8 x 8. For the 2015 Quest for the West show, the painters in the show were asked to produce a painting to randomly be given to another attending artist. This painting was the piece I produced to be given in the art…

• Make Smoke

  Oil, 11 x 9

• Solace

  Oil, 9 x 10

• Correspondence from Colonel Washington

  Oil, 10 x 12

• Full Feathered Regalia

  Oil, 20 x 12

• George Rogers Clark

  Oil, 24 x 20. This painting was commissioned by the Clark County Historical Society of Springfield, Ohio. In 1780 George Rogers Clark and his men from Kentucky raided the Native American village of "Peckuwetha" (or Piqu…

• Native Flower

  Oil, 12 x 8. Natives of North America had their own tobacco when Europeans came to this continent but it was said to be of lesser flavor and rather bitter. This did not stop white farmers from crossing the tobacco varie…

• Old Friends

  Oil, 8 x 6 1/2. A portrait reveals an old man's deep affection, and his uniform reveals a bit of history. The red coat with black facing and its silver lace was worn by the governor of Connecticut's first company of the…

• The Powder Tester

  Oil, 12 x 8. A powder tester is the small flintlock the man is holding. You put an amount of powder in, pull the trigger, and it blows the toothed wheel so many notches around, indicating how potent the powder is.

• Unknown Message

  Oil, 10 x 8

• Reading a Scant Trail

  Oil, 12 x 15

• Icy Night

  Oil, 14 x 12

• The Prize

  Oil, 7 x 5. Some Native American cultures practiced replacing dead family members with captured individuals from enemy village raids. The captive (or prize) would be fully integrated and loved as the family member being…

• Spontoon

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Headin' for Higher Ground

  Oil, 16 x 11

• Frontiersman II

  Oil, 13 x 7

• Night Rain

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Libation Time

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Eye to Eye Emotion

  Oil, 9 x 12

• High Fast and Loose

  Oil, 9 x 12

• Woods Wise

  Oil, 10 x 8. This one has seen and lived by the laws of nature. It has served him well.

• Blacksmith of Venango, 1752

  Oil, 8 x 11. John Frazier with a few other English traders on the upper Allegheny river in 1752 were visited by friendly local natives that appreciated his skill at metal repair. By mid 1753 the French had taken his cab…

• How Many Beaver?

  Oil, 12 x 9. An Indian holds a trade gun and asks how many beaver pelts-like the stretched & dried skins behind him—it would take to keep the flintlock.In the early days of contact between the Colonial Frontiersmen and…

• Seneca Head Study

  Oil, 9 x 12

• Touch Hole Touchup

  Oil, 12 x 10

• American Heritage

  Oil, 9 x 19. This poignant painting relates that moment when it is time to teach your son the proper use of a fire arm. The boy is proud and excited to finally be old enough and will soon know the deadly serious respons…

• Abraham Lincoln

  Oil, Canvas, 96 x 46

• An Eloquent Wisdom

  Oil, 16 x 12

• A Glimpse Of Red

  Oil, 11 x 8

• Adornment

  Oil, 12 x 9. Personal face paint and design, as well as tattooing, varied among individuals; even among the same family group. It was recorded that Native Americans might completely change face paint two or three times…

• Eyes on the HorizonThe Delaware Shingas

  Oil, 20 x 12