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“I WORK IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MIXED MEDIA COMBINATIONS RANGING FROM DIGITAL PAINTING AND COMPOSITE, TO COLLAGED SCULPTURE, TO MIXED MEDIA FIBER COMPOSITES. ALL OF THESE APPROACHES ADDRESS PARALLEL THEMES OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL REAWAKENING AND HUMAN KINSHIP WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THEY REFLECT THE ORGANIC BEAUTY I FIND IN THE ELEMENTS AND INVOKE THE CONCEPT OF TRANSFORMATION, OFTEN USING SOUTHEASTERN MOUND CULTURE DESIGNS AND CONCEPTS. MY OVERALL STYLE IS INFLUENCED BY TRADITIONAL CHINESE PAINTING TECHNIQUES, WHICH I STUDIED IN BEIJING IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES. THIS DISCIPLINED TRAINING TAUGHT ME TO…

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