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        1. Shonto Begay is a painter, storyteller and author.
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        3. A nationally known author, poet, illustrator and fine artist, Begay is a born storyteller.
        4. He was born in a ceremonial Navajo hogan.

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          About Shonto

          Diné (Navajo) Painter. Illustrator. Author. Educator.

          “In my heart I hold a boundless gratitude to having been born and brought up on the vast beauty of the upper Diné (Navajo land).

          I see the world and my life experiences through this lens. My paintings are expressions of the purity of the Shonto Plateau I still call home.

          Shonto Begay is a Native American artist, illustrator, writer, and teacher.

          Beauty in the truth, beauty in the sacred, and the mysteries. I paint to share colors as an expression of having been,” says Shonto Begay, Diné (Navajo) painter, illustrator and author. 

          The art of Shonto Begay captures the striking beauties of a Navajo upbringing and the realities of modern reservation life.

          A traditional life of sustainability and prayer helped Shonto endure the brutality of the U.S. government boarding school he was forced to attend as a child. He paints in a series of small brush strokes that repeat like the words of a traditional Navajo blessing prayer. His images harken heartfelt childhoo