My subjects act in concert with a variety of non-traditional players. Sculptures include Native American text woven into arrow bags, moccasins, and wall hangings. Bullet casings, flattened bottlecaps and fish hooks may stud the surfaces in conversation with beading or embroidery. Prints usually embrace a variety of techniques including etching, woodcut, and lithography in sizes from the intimate to very large. They aim to tell the stories of animals, the unloved, and victims of injustice.
The matriarchs in my family have all been members of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota. I can trace my Native heritage back six generations to Wastewin (Good Women) in the early 1800’s. As a visual artist I incorporate the passions that drive me personally into a bigger reality—the world is full of threats and rewritten histories. Here, I question history as it has been written by the victors. I seek the voices of those who were left out, with the goal of creating a space where the viewer has a chance to imagine a world other than their own.