sgaláang xawlaa. Learning my ancestors’ stories. Singing from my heart for our children.
ḵaahláang an unsád, iitl' tláawhla ḵuyaadang (to know what is inside, to love what we are made of), 2024 cassette tape, deer leather, felt, antique buttons, abalone buttons, glass beads, copper beads, red cedar bark, yellow cedar bark, white water turquoise, lapis lazuli beads, jade beads, sinew, sterling silver beads, gold filled beads, bone beads, bone buttons, thread, red cedar shavings from two totem poles, copper buttons, blue bird feathers, trade beads, and the cord I wore my copper on for 4 years. 4”x 24”
G̱udgwáa tl'áas x̱aat'áay (People of the Land), 2024 10’x10’ Latex & Acrylic on panel
And Here Is Something You Hear but Cannot See. (Tliiaa) 2024 42”x48”
Awakening from Another Time, 2024 Acrylic on canvas, 48”x32”
Bridges, Portals, Connection, Ether & Void, 2024 Acrylic on BFK Rives, 22”x30”
Tidal Excavation 1, 2024 Acrylic on BFK Rives 22”x30”
Passage of Knowledge. 2023. Acrylic and glass beads on linen. 32”x22” & 33”x33”
Insecure Mixtape. Canoe Story. 31. Our Stories Carry Us through Time Together (Dance to Keep them Alive.) 2023. Cassette tape, spray paint, paint marker, antique mother of pearl buttons, cedar bark.
Insecure Mixtape. Existential Reclamation Story. 40. Gám áa uu díi gyaahlangáay is’anggang (This is not my story.) 2023. Giclee print & watercolor on cotton rag. 4”x6”
Insecure Mixtape. Blood Story. 88. Descended From K’wii Taas. Earth Eaters. Muddy Mouth People. 2024. Giclée print & gouache on cotton rag. 4”x6”
Insecure Mixtape. Blood Story. 89. Sgajuuga.ahl’laanas. Eagle. Frog. Hummingbird. 2024. Giclée print & gouache on cotton rag. 4”x6”
She Carries Pain She Cannot Express: Her Chest Is Bruised. The Bruise is under Her Shirt. When She Sees You, the Bruise is Only in Her Mind. 2023. Acrylic, charcoal, spray paint, & oil pastel on BFK Rives 30”x22”
Spirit Speaks through Us in the Voice of Lasting Impressions. While We are Underlined in White, the Bottom Line is the Color of Earth. 2024. Embossment & block print, acrylic & gouache on paper. 15”x22”
Spirit Speaks Through Us (Detail)
Insecure Mixtape. Black and Blue Story. 33. I’m Blue and Black Again. Your Words Hit Harder than the Train You Rolled in On. 2023. Cassette tape, spray paint, paint pen, turquoise, feathers.
Disjointed Raven(Time is a Mark And Nothing More) 2023. 22”x15” Block print & gouache on BFK Rives
(She Carries a) Heavy Heart (Wearing a) Beautiful Mask (Rinsing Her Bloodied Face) 2023. 22”x15” Block print, oil pastel, gouache & acrylic on BFK Rives
Insecure Mixtape. Forgiveness Story 4. Window to the Past//Bittersweet (My Best Wasn’t Good Enough, and It’s for the Best.) 2023. Acrylic, spray paint, sharpie on cassette tape 2 1/2”x4”x1/2” + amorphous tape hanging
T’áangalang aw da’a (Mouth Has a Mother/Tongue). In honor of those who keep our languages. Serigraph on paper. 2023. Limited editions of varying sizes in varying colors. 18”x17”
Náanang aa hl gúusuugang. (Talking to my grandmother//An Embrace From My Ancestors) 24”x24” Acrylic on Canvas, 2022
Hal ýadahld'ugán dluu, 'láag t'aláng tlaayd'ugán. (When they fell, we helped them.) 24”x24” Acrylic on canvas, 2022
Our Lady Raven of Kelp and Salmon Acrylic on linen, 2022 60”x46”
Insecure Mixes. Coping Stories. Vision Strategies. 2022 21. Three Dimensions (Includes Pain and Suffering) 22. Rosy (Unwavering Strength + Unknown Impacts of Repression) Giclée print + watercolor on paper 17”x11”
núu kwa'áay. núu kángaang. dáa kángaang. (Dreaming of an Octopus Dreaming under a Rock) Monotype on mulberry paper, 2021 25”x19” Private Collection
Insecure Mixes. Identity Stories. 1 of Two Spirits 15. Ocean Face Sees the Sky (Has Salmon on Her Mind)
Origin of My Spirit as a Still Life 20”x16” Acrylic & metallic enamel on wood panel 2022
Sgáan hlgán (The Dorsal Fin Tears the Water to Balance the Being) Paint and screen print on panel, 2022 48”x36”
Son of a Bear Acrylic, spray paint, charcoal, and a flicker feather on paper, 2021 26.5”x20”
Insecure Mixtape. Romance Story. 1. Saving My Love for You (Your Kisses Are//Warm//Fuzzy//Warm//Fuzzy//) Spray paint, sharpie on cassette tape 2 1/2”x4”x1/2”
Wounded Daughter of Foam Woman Dancing Mask 30”x20”x9” Plaster bandages, gauze, rooster feathers, and abalone shell, 2021
Wounded Daughter of Foam Woman Dancing Mask (detail)
The Wounds of Five Generations Abalone shell, plaster cloth, and acrylic paint on cedar board, 2021 44”x6”
Insecure Mixtape. Whimsical Story. 6. Born With the Sun in Cancer//Self-Portrait (Little Green) Acrylic on cassette tape 2 1/2”x4”x1/2” + amorphous tape hanging
Finding Hope in Tradition Acrylic, spray paint, and cedar bark on paper, 2021 42”x36”
Split U, Twisted and Split Again Acrylic on Paper, 2021 22”x30” Private Collection
Children of the Rising Sun Monotype and acrylic paint on paper, 2021 19”x22”
Turbulence, Tides, & the Moon Monotype and acrylic on paper, 2021 19“x14”
Split U 40”x30” Block print, collaged mulberry & graphite papers, and acrylic on paper, 2021
Bound & Beholden Dry point on BFK Rives 12”x 8”
Xáagaas, My Wild Darling, 2021 Rose petals, leaves, copper, human hair, synthetic hair, copper wire, cedar bark, abalone shell, and turquoise 30”x30”
The Energy that Moves Us. Sealaska Heritage Institute Celebration 2022 Digital Design
Kugaan Jaad, K’udang Jaad 14”x14” Acrylic on Paper, 2021
Kugaan Jaad Emerges (Be Still and Listen) Acrylic on linen, 2022 40” x 54”
Do not homogenize.