MASKED
2012, 22.5” x 3.5” x 4”, Unique Cast Bronze with Patina, and African Mahogany
Masks are layered with meaning from creatures in nature to a child’s imagined world. As children, we make and wear masks to be anything we want or need to be and we could do anything in them, from being a superhero to a bird in flight. As adults, the layers and meaning deepen and grow and these masks are a way to represent the different personas that we need or desire to be in life. They become an identity that one can live through or hide behind in our roles – I am a daughter, a sister, a friend, an aunt, a wife, a mother, artist, and Indian.
Sold Through the Studio
In the Collection of Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Exhibition History
- Conversations: Eiteljorg Native Art Fellowship, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis IN (November 14, 2015-February 14, 2016)