Rance Hood

Rance Hood
Au Tup Ta (Yellow Hair)
Born	1941 Lawton, Oklahoma
Died	August 30, 2024 Lawton, Oklahoma
Resting place	Comanche Cemetery, Indiahoma, Oklahoma
Nationality	Comanche
Education	Self-taught
Known for	Artist, Designer, Sculptor, Medicine Man
Style	Mystic painter
Website	Rancehoodgallery.com

Rance Hood is an Oklahoma Native artist who echoes traditional Native American culture in his paintings. A self-taught artist, Hood was raised by his maternal grandparents who exposed him to Comanche Indian ways and values. ^[1]

Early life

Rance Hood was born in the farmlands between Cache and Indiahoma, Oklahoma to a Comanche mother and white father. Hood was the only one of his six siblings to stay with his Comanche maternal grandparents. As a child, Hood and his brother rode horses at their uncle's farm. ^[2]

Career

Hood eventually started working for Krauss Printing Company.^{[ citation needed ]}

Style and theme

Hood remained loyal to the traditional art style of Indian art passed down from his ancestors. He started out using oils to achieve a look of depth and eventually transitioned to acrylics.^{[ citation needed ]}

Awards

Over the years, Hood's work has been recognized by numerous awards and prizes. Some of these awards include: ^[1]

• 1962 Second and Third, American Indian Exposition, Anadarko, Oklahoma
• 1963 First, Second, and Third, American Indian Exposition, Anadarko, Oklahoma
• 1964 First and Second, American Indian Exposition, Anadarko, Oklahoma
• 1965 Grand Award and First, American Indian Exposition, Anadarko, Oklahoma
• 1966 Grand Award, Second and Third, American Indian Exposition, Anadarko, Oklahoma
• Second, Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial, Gallup, New Mexico
• Honorable Mention, Texas-Oklahoma, sidewalk art show, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• 1968 War Dance, Honorable Mention, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 1969 Second and Grand Award, American Indian Exposition, Anadarko, Oklahoma
• The Comanche, Honorable Mention, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 1970 Eagle Dance, First, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 1972 Grand Award, American Indian Exposition, Anadarko, Oklahoma
• 1985 Western Writers Cover Art Award
• American Artists Lithograph Competition for Poster Art
• 1986 Award of Merit, Colors of the Heartland
• Reyna's Galleries, San Juan Bautista, California
• First Anniversary Indian Market, First Place and Special Award, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Artists Out of Your Gourd, Ribbon, Charity auction of painted gourds, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Commissions

• 1971 Designs for Theater Sets, Indian Theater Ensemble at Cafe La Mama Theater, New York City, New York
• 1987 Film Indian, Sculpture, American Indian Film Festival anniversary award
• Medallion, Comanche Nation Commemorative Emblem, Franklin Mint
• To Father Sky Mother Earth, poster, Oglala Sioux Rights Fund
• Eagle, exterior design, Turbo West Aircraft Company, Cheyenne III Jet, Broomfield, Colorado
• 1989 Wooden Easter Egg for Easter at the White House, American artists egg exhibit
• 1990 Fleeing from the Spirit Winds and Emerging Power, posters, published by the American Indian Film Festival, XIV
• 2005 Illustrations for Blood of Our Earth: Poetic History of the American Indian by Dan C. Jones, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque
• 2005 Palo Duro Holocaust, mural for Comanche Nation Tribal Museum, Lawton, Oklahoma

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Private collections

Hood's work is featured in several private collections, some of which include: ^[1]

• Al Unser Jr.
• Reba McEntire
• Stevie Nicks
• Carlos Santana
• Jimmy Connors
• Joe Walsh
• Johnny Rodriguez
• Joseph Coors
• Michael Martin Murphey

References

1. "The Mystical Art of Rance Hood". Rance Hood. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
2. Pearson-Little Thunder, Julie (September 28, 2011). "Oral history interview with Rance Hood". Oklahoma Native Artists. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

External links

• Oklahoma Native Artists Oral History Project -- OSU Library