INDIAN TIME By Prayer Warrior Productions © 2013

Written by Rose Toehe
Flagstaff, Arizona

Oreland is world-renowned for his work in stone and bronze sculptures. His works can be found in private, corporate, and museum collections in the United States and abroad. Oreland was born in Shiprock, New Mexico on June 3, 1958. He is a native of New Mexico and is of Dine' (Navajo) and Ute decent. He has grown up in the four-corners area most of his life, both on the Navajo and Ute reservations. Currently, Kirtland, New Mexico provides home to his family and his studio.

As a child he knew, at an early age of four, that he wanted to be an artist. As a young man, he experienced various influences that have played major roles in his life and how these experiences have formed the man who commands admiration and respect in today's contemporary art world.

The influences he has had throughout his life include his family - his father, mother, grandfather, and teachers. These individuals provided encouragement, support, and inspiration to grow his artistic talents. He found that his father's work as a silversmith and painter, his mother's musical talent, and his grandfather's participation in traditional songs and dances provided him with cultural inspiration and appreciation for cultural history. These experiences provided Oreland with a rich and viable life way which in turn was the catalyst that spun ideas, images and creativity into a successful career.

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