[CPProt.net] Tulsa Native American Artist Has Thousands Of Dollars In Artwork Stolen

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 A Tulsa Native American Artist Has Thousands Of Dollars In Artwork Stolen 


A well known Oklahoma artist is hoping for the return of a trailer load of
his artwork. The trailer, containing about $25,000 worth of paintings and
prints, was stolen early Sunday afternoon from his home in the 2800 block of
South 87th East Avenue. 

News on 6 reporter Rick Wells talked to the artist about what he lost and
how he'll prepare for an up-coming show. 

"Mostly Cherokee warriors running through here." Talmadge Davis is working
on a new painting, a little more frantically now perhaps than before Sunday.
Someone stole a trailer loaded with lots of his artwork. "They took about 61
paper prints and canvas prints." 

There were two originals and all the display panels he would have used at
the show in the stolen trailer. The tire tracks are still there in the mud;
in fact you can see boot prints, probably of the guys who stole it. 

The trailer they stole was a smaller version of a black 5 foot by 8 foot
motorcycle trailer. "I think that's what they thought they were getting was
a motorcycle. Unfortunately they took my business." 

Davis one of Oklahoma's better known Native American artists. And he will be
the featured artist at Tulsa's Native American art show in two weeks. "This
one here I've already been working on for about three weeks." He says he'll
be able to finish two new paintings. He'll borrow some previous works and
repackage some other materials, but it's all very disappointing. "We'll be
at the show and we'll have a display, it just won't be the one I wanted." 

In the meantime he'll paint and hope for the best. "At this point we don't
even care about pressing charges; we just want the art back and the trailer
back." And truthfully, he'd probably settle for just the art work. 

Once again, it's a 6 foot high, 5 foot by 8 foot black trailer with chrome
splash boards. 

If you have any information that might help find it you can call
Crimestoppers 596-COPS. 

Created: 2/28/2005
Updated: 2/28/2005 5:12:37 PM  Source: The News on 6 
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