Fish skin & Fur Paintings
selected work 2018-2020
The new form I’m developing can be likened to handmade fur and fish skin “paintings,” created by hand sewing scraps into art tapestries and stretching them over a canvas stretcher bar. Before a hunt I smudge and pray, asking the animal for its life; after the hunt I honor the animal by giving it its last drink of water per Yup’ik custom. Catches are shared as nourishment for myself and my community, then repurposed into a reflection of Native experience.