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11” x 14”
The emblematic Toh bird symbolizes my new beginning in a foreign land. Just as the Toh leaves its cavernous sinkhole home to explore the wide jungle, I left the cavernous walls of a 6x9 cell. I am shedding the heartless value system imposed on me and moving into a new, lighter existence. Although the Toh is flying free, the weight of its past is ever-present.
16” x 20” and 11” x 14” sold as a set of 2
Medium: Acrylic on panel and canvas
The true inspiration behind this piece is life in today's world and all the trials and tribulations that other people are going through I wish for a little reprieve and hope the world can be surrounded by peace at some point.
18” x 24”
Medium: Pencil and acrylic paint
If my heart could speak, it would speak of what remains after the fire.
The reaching hand stands in the aftermath... not as rescue, but as resolve. Destruction changes us, but it does not remove our power to shape what comes next.
Rebuilding is a choice.
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
The emblematic Toh bird symbolizes my new beginning in a foreign land. Just as the Toh leaves its cavernous sinkhole home to explore the wide jungle, I left the cavernous walls of a 6x9 cell. I am shedding the heartless value system imposed on me and moving into a new, lighter existence. Although the Toh is flying free, the weight of its past is ever-present.
11” x 14”
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
My metaphorical heart - and, I believe, every human heart - is filled with layer upon layer of grief and love and loss and joy. I'm not always able to access complexity in the moment when yet another tragedy strikes; the good is obscured, invisible, absent from my perception, while the world both inside and out seems full of nearly unbearable emotions and experiences. In those times - in these times, in this harrowing start to 2026 - it feels like my heart has lost every language but that of the blood, and it spills, it pours without end, without mercy.
(Title - prefaced by text in painting - from Psalm 94.)
16” x 20”
Medium: Pencil on Strathmore 500 series paper with a plate finish
"Mako sica" in the Dakota language means"forgotten/abandoned" which is what motivated me to do the portrait of Ohiye'Sa (Charles A. Eastman,) 1858-1939, from Redwood Falls, Minnesota Territory, an American physician, writer, social reformer. One of the first Native Americans to be certified in Western medicine, and played a huge part in 32 chapters of the YMCA/Boy Scouts of America. How can someone who touched so many lives be so easily forgotten? To bring this piece to life with a mere pencil forces me to believe we can once again live in a world without judgement/abandonment. The value places in the drawing is the value I hope can again be placed in those who have been forgotten. Never Forget!
16” x 20”
Medium: Graphite and colored pencil
My home town is surrounded by 3 reservations. So many Native American women and girls go missing or end up dead with little news coverage. So this case, this logo speaks to me but I wanted to bring it to life.
16” x 20”
Medium: Colored pencil on Bristol paper
As I sit in this cage, I always view birds as free, but I didn't want to do an eagle or hawk. I wanted to catch the viewer's eye, and a kingfisher caught my eye with its bright colors. I feel free and viewed.
16” x 20”
Medium: Acrylic and watercolor
Letting people know that you are not alone. Your past does not define you. I wanted to share my pain and what I've struggled with growing up. That I was able to let go and move on from it and grow. Being free in my mind, body and spirit. Knowing that I changed and living in my truth.
16” x 20”
Medium: Acrylic
Back to my memories of growing up on the farm and around lakes.
16” x 20”
Medium: Acrylic, pencil, crayons
If my heart could speak it would tell you that something is missing. Behind all the smiles, laughter and good times, her heart yearns for more. She sees beauty on the outside but inside she feels broken. The biggest thing her heart has continued to explore and learn is acceptance of one's flaws and that it's okay to be imperfectly perfect.
The inspiration for my piece has to do with a part of my missing identity. I know on my mother's side we are German and Norwegian. But I know nothing of my father's side. His parents were immigrants from Mexico. I've felt like half of my culture is missing from my life, and I crave for knowledge of my other half.
I listened to a variety of music while completing my art piece. Music and art have been my constant companions for most of my life. It was super important to incorporate both aspects in my final project.
A color I love is fushia so it was very important that I also put that in my piece. I love cool colors like blues and greens and so it was important for me to incorporate those colors. I have an issue with things being perfect. I chose to be imperfect with my brush strokes, not always covering every inch of my canvas with color, and not always working in the same direction.
16” x 20”
Medium: Acrylic on canvas panel
The idea for this painting was to show a calm depth of inner reflective thought. To show this without the use of displaying the eyes. The hand is there to show and reinforce this inner process. This is also a self portrait of this process.
16” x 20”
Medium: Acrylic on canvas panel
The idea for this painting was to show contempt in a non-threatening, beautiful way. What better than a beautiful female image! I did not want to insult, but to show a rebellious contempt with the hands, so I used the horns where the birds would usually be. The tongue also reinforces the contempt in a non threatening way, once again without using the eyes. This is a painting of Olivia Rodrigo. Image produced by Tsuruda Studio.
30” x 30” (3 panels)
Medium: Acrylic on canvas triptych
The girl is Sadie Pfeifer, a young girl working at a South Carolina cotton mill in 1908. The Lewis Hine photograph is a striking memory of our past. I imagined the dichotomy of prison and freedom. The boy reaches out for help amidst the crumbling walls and broken bars. His colorless world fades into the lush beauty of hope. The girl offers a rose, the unconditional love and hope of humanity, creating freedom as it grows.
9” x 12”
Medium: graphite
I was inspired by my interest in classic things. I've always felt like I have an old sould and something about people, places, and things that shaped our cultures and our minds pull me in.
8” x 10”
Medium: Acrylic
I wanted to make a piece that showed there are levels to personal growth. I wanted to show the levels are not perfect, the process is not perfect and it may get a little messy. But, in the end, there is beauty in the chaos of personal growth.
8” x 10”
Medium: Acrylic
There is no "one way" to go through personal growth. There are ways that are easy to me adn some that are not. Some we don't want to go down adn some we are not ready for. In the end, as long as your path choices lead you to a person you are truly proud to be, you are on the correct personal growth path for you.
16” x 20”
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Just memories of a place in the Rocky Mountains that I have been to. I love the tranquility of mountains.
11 x 14
Medium: Mixed media (pencil, colored pencil, marker, colored pens)
I spent a lot of time thinking about myself and all the words that kept coming to my mind made me think about how they play such a big part in who I am, who I was, and who I want to be. Every word written has been or still is a part of ME, be it how I feel about myself or the effect or meaning of the word or label and its effect in my life.
16” x 20”
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Fishing in the mountains of upper Idaho, the Rockies.
11” x 14”
We all take in other's pain