Damian Jim

Diné Artist

Welcome to My Site

I am Din� (Navajo), I have been an artist for 28 years. From stick airplanes & stick figures to hot rods to skulls, I have been using my creativity in many different forms and mediums.

I work mainly in acrylics and pen & ink. However, I have also worked with pencils, pastels, charcoal, pottery, and wood carving. I have been expressing my creativity through these different mediums by using surrealistic art, and Native American themes. My recent paintings reflect the various influences that I have been exposed to while traveling through different cultures and landscapes.

I'm am also a contemporary computer artist and graphic designer who improvised on traditional Navajo designs that were used to inspire Din� rug and basket weavers to create award winning woven art. My work has been championed by the Simpson family, owners of the Twin Rocks Trading Post, in Bluff, Utah.

I have also done lectures and seminars on the history of Din� art and culture and was also featured in several newspaper and magazine articles, a TV news commentary, a video from BYU university, and numerous books.


What's New

DeviantArt Account: Select pieces available

"Violent Heart" step-by-step : View my progress on this new piece on my Facebook page.

New Prints Available : Limited edition prints of "Pretty Flowers" (limited to 10 copies) and "Brothers" (limited to 4 copies on canvas with 4 color highlights) for sale.

From the Inside Out : A documentary film I participated in when I was working for Twin Rocks Trading Post, the film shows my role in a Navajo basket revival occurring in Southeastern Utah.

Red Ink Magazine : Red Ink Magazine has Vol. 11 No. 2 (Spring 2003) available via order form.

"Brothers" : Prints available. I occasionally use mock ups for my paintings, and here is rare saved copy of original concept art.

"Sacrament" : Prints available. I never really duplicate anything that I do, I stick to originality in my paintings, and here the contrast between the concept and the finished painting is apparent.

"Success" : Prints available. Published in Red Ink Magazine, Vol 11.2 (2004)

"woods" : Prints available. Sometimes concepts never get created, here is a concept that survived getting tossed.