Buffalo Running
A hand-painted animation impact project that celebrates and amplifies Native American language and wisdom.
The Great American Buffalo animal totem represents the abundance and ability that humankind possesses to provide for each other and all creatures of Grandmother Earth. At this very crucial and profound time in human history, the Buffalo Running collection symbolizes strength, preservation and the power of our interconnection.
This limited edition 44-card oracle deck is derived from Nicole’s hand-painted animation impact project, Buffalo Running: The Abundance Agenda. The project features 44 hand-painted animations inspired by archival footage of the American Bison by pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1870). Each 16-frame sequence was extracted from its digital form, printed on archival canvas in the format of a film strip, hand-painted, and then returned to digital animation.
The work is paired with an original soundscape composed by Michael Greenberg and Maunka Morgan, leader of the Ho-Chunk Thunder Clan in Nebraska. Morgan recites a Buffalo Medicine blessing in the Ho-Chunk language, invoking wellness, abundance, and spiritual connection — an offering that amplifies the collection’s intention to bridge art, tradition, and healing.
“Muybridge’s early experiments in motion picture projection reflect the moment we’re in now — at the intersection of traditional fine art and emerging digital technologies.”
