The "Afflicted Warriors" is a series of portraits depicting male Indian warriors with long hair, a headband a single feather from their head, while some are not adorned. The "Wounded Knee" series is reminiscent of Picasso's Blue Period, a series of male and female portraits painted in blues, greens and blacks with a touch of white. The portraits are skeletal, representative of the horrors that took place at Wounded Knee. Occasionally they are just general "Rugged Indians" and Denomie will sign, date and perhaps name the portrait after someone it reminds him of.