Lion Heart
Unique Cast Bronze, Patina, Encaustic on Birch, 20”x 16” x 4.5”, 2022
Removable Bronze Mask
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Mustang, OK 73064 | 405.308.0239
Lion Heart
Lion Heart
Unique Cast Bronze, Patina, Encaustic on Birch, 20”x 16” x 4.5”, 2022
Removable Bronze Mask
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Mustang, OK 73064 | 405.308.0239
Lion Heart
Incognito
Unique Cast Bronze, Patina, and Cedar, 13”x 4.5”x 3”, 2022
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With Grace
Unique Cast Bronze, Patina, and Cedar, 9”x 3”x 3.5”
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With Grace
Crayola Crayons on Panel, 8” x 8” x 2”, 2022
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Exhibition History
2016, 9’ x 12’ x 1.5”, Crayola Crayon
There are 12 girls, and each girl is made in 24 colors from a Crayola Crayon box making a total 288 girls.
I think if we could see ourselves as all the colors in the crayon box in all the shades, we could be kinder we would be able to feel if just for a moment another’s life and our world could change in such a way that children would not worry about if they are too light or too dark to belong. We are more than a classification in terms of a position between two extremes, I see the light within us all and the variations that make each of us, we are all the colors and an untold number of possibilities.
The way we see others and how one is seen has been a subject that I have had in my life since I was small. I am both Native American and Caucasian, but growing up I felt more times than I care to count that I was not enough of one or the other and that pull made me question all parts of myself. If I did not look like _____ could I be ______? Where did I fit if I was not a part of this or that group? I have had conversations with many that are from other races and nationality and they too have struggled. Is my skin too dark or not dark enough, the texture of my hair or the accent that one hears when I speak. All this history, this past came to a head one day while getting my children ready for school we were pulling together pencils, colored pencils, folders, and crayons. They had to have 4 sets of 24 crayons each and we had leftovers from sets of the past years, some colors had never been used, and we were combining them together so we’d know how many new boxes would be required. The kids were talking about their friends at the new school and friends of their past school. In the conversation, they were describing the children “the girl with a big laugh, she has yellow hair, or the boy I ate lunch with, he was a helper and he told the funniest stories”, in a very casual descriptive manner with no malice to the differences. This made me think more about how we see people and how one is judged. The smell of the crayons, the vivid colors, and the thoughts of my youth brought me to this crayon project. How we change in our viewpoints of people, and how we judge people based on race and color. We are all one below that surface, that surface of skin, no matter the color, the shape, or the origin.
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11400 Riverview | Mustang, OK 73064 | 405.308.0239
Exhibition History
Unique Cast Bronze with Patina, 30” x 30”x 4.5”, 2016
In the moments before I fall asleep, I feel like I am floating in a large body of water with all the days happening and all the possibilities mixing around me like fish in the ocean, each one a choice I can make in my life that could lead to many different outcomes, the path is unknown and each different from the other.
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Exhibition History
Bibliography
“Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now”, book by Mindy N. Besaw, Candice Hopkins, and Manuela Well-Off-Man; p 182-183 (2018)
“Coyote and the Anguish of Mortality”
Unique Cast Bronze with Patina, Cedar, 12” x 13.5”x 4.5”
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2017, 29”x 27”x 24”, Unique Cast Bronze with Patina, and flex cord
The boarding schools cut the hair and stole the language of Native American children. But inside, they were still there. My sister lost her hair to cancer and people stopped making eye contact, leaving her to feel invisible. But she was still there. The old tree was cut down, but its power to lead to the spirit world is still there. Through everything, they whisper, “I’m still here.”
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Exhibition History
2019-21, 20” x 16” x 1, Oils on Birch Panel
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MA Doran Gallery
3509 S. Peoria Avenue | Tulsa, OK 74105 | 918.748.8700
“Journey through Wonderland”
62” x 113”x 10”, Unique Cast Bronze and Patina
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MA Doran Gallery
3509 S. Peoria Avenue | Tulsa, OK 74105 | 918.748.8700