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> Correct alternating information on who taught Lomawywesa the silver overlay technique he used for his jewelry (Trickster for the Arts - Him and his cousin Paul Saufkie developed it) > Add his mother Alice Talayaonema to his bio, a basket maker (Trickster for the Arts) > Add printmaking to his list of skills / activities he pursued (Trickster for the Arts) > Add that he Signature Artist for the 2010 Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market in Phoenix (TfA) > Add that he designed the front gate for the Heard's Berlin Gallery (TfA) > Add that he taught Hopi silversmithing for twenty-six years at Idyllwild Arts in Idyllwild, California (TfA) (Tribute to Kabotie) > Add that he was a consultant to the Native American Arts Festival on its Idyllwild's campus for nine years up until his death. (TfA) > Add that he was honored by Idyllwild with a tribute exhibition that celebrated him as "artist, teacher, philosopher, trickster, mythic archaeologist, and friend" on July 11, 2010 (TfA) (Tribute to Kabotie) > Add that he was honored at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Arizona, with an exhibit titled " Walking in Harmony: The Life and Work of Lomawywesa Michael Kabotie" showcasing his art, his family, and his community. (TfA) > Add how the technique he uses is one in which two pieces of silver are layered on top of one and other, the design being cut into the top layer, and the bottom layer being oxidized and blackened to fill the negative spaces and provide relief like depth. (TfA) > Add hospital he died at: Flagstaff Medical Center (Tribute to Kabotie) > Add that he created a mural at Sunset Crater, a mural at the Museum of Northern Arizona, and designed a gate at the Museum of Northern Arizona reflecting the techniques he utilized in his jewelry (Tribute to Kabotie). > Add "Changing Values," ©2003, 5' x 12' (2 panels), acrylic on canvas; painting photos (4 Painters & 1stDibs website) > Add photo of painting "Journey of the Human Spirit" (hyperallergic.com)

In his paintings Lomawywesa combines traditional kiva murals, figures from Hopi oral history, motifs present in Pueblo Native basketry and embroidery, and contemporary elements of design. Compared to his father, who depicted ceremonies in his traditional work, Lomawywesa sought to illustrate the feeling, motion, and spirituality embedded within these ceremonies. (4 Painters) Particularly interested in the Tricksters and Clowns of Hopi stories, Lomawywesa thought it important to express their purpose of bringing about harmony through the exposure of human folly and imperfection. (4 painters and Trickster for the arts) In addition to drawing inspiration from his cultural background, Lomawywesa was greatly inspired by music ranging from traditional Hopi songs, Gregorian, Peruvian, and Celtic chants, to music from Beethoven, Jim Morrison, and the Doors (4 painters), music which he claimed "[searched] deep within for the inner spirit." Lomawywesa finds cultural connections in Buddhism and Hinduism, relating them to the Hopi initiation process of finding ones inner spirit, which reflects in his work. Lomawyesa states that "finding the middle way is the essence of all spiritual movements and the essence of my art," lending to his search for harmony, spiritual unity, and self discovery in contemporary America. (4 painters and trickster)

Although Lomawywesa's work, especially that in conjunction with his group Artist Hopid, has been compared to that of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Ixger, and Vasily Kandinsky for it's visual similarities to cubism and expressionism, he did not know of these movements until after his work began to gain traction in the art world. Rather, Lomawywesa stated that both his and the work from his friends in Artist Hopid drew from early Puebloan painters, only that they abstracted the same thematic elements of dance, song, and emphasized the movement of the ceremonial clothing and the motion within the ceremony itself (4 painters).