The heart of my work is blending textures and designs from cultural references and combining traditional practices with modern feminine influences. I look for rhythm in patterns and symbols.
Native people view the self as an extension of nature, an organic part of the earth.
I use wood, with its inconsistencies, to emulate that spirituality. In this series, the women represent their pasts, as viewed by modern society. Proud and aging, I portray them wearing their experiences in the form of a crown. Never looking past their position, resolute, but with dignity and spirit.