JEFF PIND: GOING NATIVE AMERICAN

Finding Indian artifacts on his grandfather's farm outside Cape Girardeau many years ago spurred Jeff Pind's interest in Native American art.

Pind, who graduated from Southeast Missouri State University and teaches art in the Kelso C-7 schools in New Hamburg, began painting in a style he says is very individual. "None of it really is Native American design; it's my own version of what I see."

A show of Pind's work is now on display at C.P. McGinty Jewelers, 117 N. Main. It will continue through Saturday.

Much of Pind's work is done in watercolor or ink in both realistic and impressionistic styles. He also does collages and assemblages.

One includes a snake he stuffed himself.

Pind, 35, says his students have come to see his work.

"A lot of kids surprisingly are into the Indian stuff," he said. "A lot of them find stuff on their farms.

"They really seem to enjoy it."