The Art of John Buxton
John Buxton paints historical images of the 18th century depicting scenes from the birth of our nation.
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As a Feather on Water
John Buxton
Greenwich Workshop Fine Art Smallworks Giclée Canvas
16" w x 10" h.
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August 8 1780: Engaging the Shawnee Village
John Buxton
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28"w x 21"h.
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This battle took place August 8, 1780 during the Revolutionary War period. The British from Ft. Detroit were supplying the natives to attack the colonists in Kentucky and elsewhere. The British built a stockade fort for the Shawnee at their village, which you can see in the upper right corner of image.
Blacksmith of Venango, 1752John Buxton
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11"w x 8"h.
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This is a portrait of John Frazier who, 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 cabin in Venango and he fled to Turtle Creek near the Monongahela River. His cabin there was visited by young George Washington in 1753 and 1754.
BREAKING CAMP AT TURTLE CREEK
John Buxton
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24"w x 30"h.
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The 1758 capture of Ft. Duquesne and subsequent completion of Ft. Pitt in western Pennsylvania lured many expansionist, settlers and traders to this wilderness area. Traveling normally in large groups for protection, this lone family risks misfortune but is here rewarded. A breathtaking winter morning, it's warm greeting sparkles as they prepare to follow the dream onward.
Coming to Trade
John Buxton
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22 1/2"w x 13 1/2"h.
Edition Size:250
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Coming to Trade
John Buxton
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30"w x 18"h.
Edition Size:25
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John Buxton, “Artist of Our Heritage,” engages both history buffs and art lovers alike with each new Fine Art Limited Edition. His unique combination of detailed historical accuracy and artistic mastery brings the past to life as few others can. In Coming to Trade, Buxton portrays the co-existence between the French and Native Americans. “This painting an iconic depiction of what drew both sides to tolerate the other in what came to be known as the fur trade,” Buxton says. “Furs from the new world helped finance French expansion and trade items enhanced the living standard of the native nations. Bows and arrows were no longer the preferred hunting method and French cutlery replaced stone axes and knives. Cooking pots, needles and even wire soon became highly prized among the Indians as they became slightly more European. French traders, many of whom lived among the Indians, changed as well. They readily accepted native culture and custom—to the extent that it was difficult to distinguish a Frenchman from his native ally. Though they tried, Jesuit priests were not quite as successful at transforming natives into cultured, God-fearing Frenchmen.”
Dry Moccasins
John Buxton
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25"w x 17"h.
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Dry Moccasins
John Buxton
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38"w x 26"h.
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Who could this person be? He is alone and has stopped on his water route long enough to build a fire, have a bit to eat and drink, maybe even to dry items that have gotten wet along the way.
This is the 18th century—somewhere. Is he English… or their enemy, the French? We cannot see enough of his flintlock to tell if it is of French or English design. He appears to be a trader, but doesn’t have much with him. The cloth near his leg reveals his goods: silver trade items. His pistol is fully cocked; is he fearful? He has no furs and his Algonquin canoe isn’t large enough for many anyway. His mismatched paddles might have come from two different Indian tribes.
Could this man be the English trader, John Frasier, as he escaped downriver from the French soldiers at Venango—his trading post on the Allegheny River—in 1752? The French had come down from what is now Canada into the Ohio Valley, along the Allegheny River, to rid the region of English influence. They confiscated Frasier’s trading post and a blacksmith shop. Fraser lost all his trade goods but escaped capture.

HIGH PLACE
John Buxton
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22"w x 12"h.
Edition Size:550
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“While working with National Geographic,” says John Buxton, “I learned their philosophy: make it correct for all time. I like that. After being a successful illustrator for over thirty years, I kindled a latent admiration for going that extra mile. I apply this approach to painting the young America of the 18th century.” Collectors have come to expect nothing less from John. Such a trust is evidenced when a collector at an art show spotted a small drawing in John’s sketch pad and commissioned a painting on the spot. From a simple black and white line drawing of a lone figure, John has created an intimate expression of this Native American’s respect and harmony for the land.

Kinsman to the Shawnee
John Buxton
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15 1/4"w x 25"h.
Edition Size:350
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John Buxton, known for the painstaking research he puts into his historical paintings, has left something to the viewer’s imagination in Kinsman to the Shawnee. What are the two men discussing and what is the native girl with flint corn and a grinding stone thinking? We do know that 18th century French Canadian traders often married native women and adopted the ways of their people to enable closer ties for better trade and protection. These Canadians adopted native dress and often tattooed themselves as well, but it was said – not about the face. If you look closely, you’ll see the native man on the right has facial markings and the mark of a medicine wheel on his hand. The Canadian, dressed in a French touque (or tuque), is tattooed with a Jesuit symbol.

Trade with their French brothers, and often with the British, became a staple of all indian nations. The cultural heritage of the Shawnee people is as rich and colorful as this new release from the Artist of Our Heritage, John Buxton.

No Sign of Hostiles
John Buxton
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Image size:
31"w x 22"h.
Edition Size:75
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With each new Fine Art Limited Edition, John Buxton, “Artist of Our Heritage,” engages a new collector base of history buffs and art lovers alike. Buxton’s detailed historical accuracy and artistic mastery bring the past to life. In this latest releasehe portrays the tenuous coexistence between the original inhabitants of this new nation and the encroaching Europeans. “Although loyalties and friendship did exist between some, there were always those allied to other interests – waiting to do harm,” says Buxton. “No one was exempt from sudden harassment or deadly force, and groups took advantage of hit and run tactics – striking with surprise. An ambush of the unsuspecting often resulted in quick plunder, hostages taken and a bloody aftermath. If enough men could be gathered before their trail cooled, the raiders would be tracked. Some of these pursuits terminated in another ambush, while occasionally the tracking became too difficult and the trail was lost, as shown in this painting.”
Rogers Rangers toward Ticonderoga 1759
John Buxton
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Image size:
24"w x 18"h.
Edition Size:450
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If the enemy pursue your rear, take a circle till you come to your own tracks, and there form an ambush to receive them, and give them the first fire. If your number be small, march in a single file, keeping at such a distance from each other as to prevent one shot from killing two men.
These are just two of a list of fighting techniques and methods known as Rogers' Ranging Rules, compiled by Robert Rogers in the mid-1750s. Many of his tactics are still practiced by the US Army today.
In this painting by John Buxton, it is the summer of 1759, and France and Great Britain are locked in their final struggle for supremacy in North America. A scouting party led by the famous Robert Rogers pauses atop Mount Pelee, overlooking Lake George, on its way to observe French activity at Fort Ticonderoga. British General Jeffrey Amherst relies heavily on intelligence provided by his intrepid American Rangers as he prepares his offensive against the French.
Once the Rangers' proficiency was recognized, they became Independent Companies on the Regular British Establishment, and they were paid for by the Crown. Their dress was a distinctive combination of military, frontier, and native styles, and they practiced then-unconventional tactics. The Rangers are accompanied by Royal Artillery Lieutenant Thomas Davies, whose artistic efforts left us a valuable record of colonial America. A member of Rogers' Stockbridge Indian Companies accompanied him in this mission. He was subject to Ranger discipline, but wore native dress and served under his own Indian officers.

The Agile Bark Canoe
John Buxton
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25"w x 25"h.
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The Native People of the Eastern Woodlands built two types of canoes: dug-outs, fashioned from tree trunks, and more lightweight canoes made of bark, preferably birch since it was easier to form. The men in The Agile Bark Canoe are in hunting canoes of a style attributed to the Passamaquoddy¯but perhaps these Indians traded for them, as was done frequently. They were as light as an autumn leaf upon water, with the ability to navigate rivers, shallow streams, marshes and moderate rapids. Being extremely light enabled easy portage between waterways and yet they were capable of carrying heavy loads. A canoe this size (12 feet long by 30 inches wide at its center) could be lifted with one hand and was very stable when fully loaded. The bark canoe was fast and infinitely more versatile than any small craft of the European settlers.
The Fording Place
John Buxton
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30"w x 20"h.
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It is summer in the Iroquois territory and a small group has set up their temporary camp on the banks of a river, where the fish and game are plentiful. At the end of the season the men and the women will move to higher ground, where more permanent camps keep them out of reach of the winter floods. While women took care of camp chores, men spent most of their time hunting or preparing to hunt, if not preparing for war against some neighboring group. The men of The Fording Place set out across their river in search of yet another unknown daily adventure.
The Fur Trader
 John Buxton
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18"w x 21"h.
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In the 18th century, the Iroquois controlled the hunting grounds of western Pennsylvania where John Buxton lives. They rarely granted a commission for a white (or European) to hunt there. They had learned the value of animal pelts in trade and had become dependent upon it. In The Fur Trader, a buyer proudly displays his purchases on this day of trade. Deer hides (the white bundles in the foreground) provided leather and were the item traded for most in bulk. Specialty furs like beaver and fox would bring a higher price when he, in turn, brings them to market. All in all, it is a profitable day for this frontiersman.
In the background, Indians examine the various goods that they will seek in trade for the pelts they have provided. Guns, powder, blankets, copper pots, mirrors where popular items. Ultimately, the Indians traded away much more than they bargained for. Native Americans were self-sufficient people prior to the arrival of the Europeans and the idea of trading for goods. Ultimately, it changed the way they lived.
Washington´s Crossing 1753
John Buxton
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In the winter of 1753, a young Major George Washington was sent to Western Pennsylvania to deliver a message to French forces. A return message from the French to the British was entrusted to Washington to be delivered to Williamsburg, Virginia.

Winter Windfall
John Buxton
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30"w x 20"h.
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Winner of the Patron’s Choice Award at the 2009 Quest for the West show at The Eitleljorg Museum in Indianapolis, Winter Windfall is a stunning winter landscape from John Buxton. A broken and abandoned hay cart and its precious cargo of supplies is discovered by these woodland Indians. The hay cart is not designed for hauling supplies much less a trip down a backwoods stream. What caused the settlers to decide to make such an ill-prepared winter’s journey down such an arduous path? Such questions certainly entered these warriors’ minds, but taking stock of the bounty they have come across on this fine winter’s morning is the first order of business.


























The Art of John Buxton