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About the artist

Thank you for visiting my site

My art has always been about self-discovery, and in so doing, developing a way of communicating to others. Different methods of achieving this are constantly presenting themselves, and I am thrilled by the challenge! Can a raven communicate tenderness and love? Can a symbolic representation of my Choctaw heritage show the same? To me it is all one journey. This path has been my greatest pleasure and in this way I am focused on revealing my Native American history and mythology.


I hope when you visit me here you will see many things. Important to me is communicating our shared humanness. Does it make you smile? Does it make your heart swell?  For many years I  have presented my works in shows and events, as well as in books and lectures, in an attempt to engage and inspire others. 


As you gaze upon these images, I hope you will find something that makes you smile. We are all searching for a place to hold on to, and my experiences have taught me we can all aspire to great things. --One thing I do know, art is my one great thing. Yakoke!

Recognitions


  • Acquisition: 12 original art  pieces by the Choctaw Nation Judicial Center in Durant, OK, 2019
  • Best of Show - Choctaw Nation Indian Arts Show 2013, 2015, 2016​​
  • ​First Place - Painting Mixed Media Category - Heard Museum    Market, 2016
  • First Place - Drawing - Sedona Arts Festival 2011, 2012, 2013
  • First Place - Painting - Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2006, 2013
  • First Place - Drawing - Bosque Conservatory Arts 2005
  • First Place - Fine Arts Division Powwow.com 2004
  • Honorable Mention - Santa Fe Indian Market 2019
  • Honorable Mention - Heard Indian Market 2020
  • People’s Choice - Choctaw Nation Indian Arts Show 2015
  • Heritage Award - Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2006
  • Second Place - Other Media - Dallas Artists' Showplace 2005
  • ​Second Place - Painting  - Choctaw Nation Indian Arts Show 2006
  • Third Place - Prescott Indian Art Market 2012
  • Third Place - Drawing - Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2005
  • Third Place - Painting - Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2005​

Publications

  • Power of the Storm, by MariJo Moore, contributing artist, Oct 2020
  • National Resistance Art Contest Winner, Artspan, Oct 2020
  • Native Artists Adopting their Crafts and Marketing for Virtual Success  Featured artist, 2020
  • Santa Fe New Mexican, “Indian Market Tackles Subject of Missing and Murdered Native Women”, Featured Artist, 2019
  • 2019 American Art Magazine - “Indian Market Special Edition, Artists to Know Right Now”, 2019 and 2018
  • Choctaw Artist Presents history and Research Through Art , First Nations, 2019
  • Northern Arizona Mountain Living - “Exhibits Not to Miss”, 2018
  • ​Native American Art Magazine - “Art Explores Government Regulations”, 2017
  • The NAFOA Navigator - Cover photo and feature article, 2018
  • Arizona Sun - Cover photo and feature article “Land Blood History: New Choctaw Exhibit Explores a Violent American Past”, 2018
  • ​The Noise - “Honoring Ancestry Through Art”, Flagstaff, 2015
  • Art Journey-People!  - North Light Books 2014
  • Strokes of Genius 6 - North Light Books 2014, featured artist
  • Southwest Art Magazine - 10 Artists to Watch 2013
  • Saltypie, children’s book illustrator, 2011



Exhibits and Shows

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  • Gaylord-Pickens, Oklahoma Hall of Fame - “Ikbi: Chickasaws and Choctaw Sharing Our History and Culture, 2018
  • Heard Museum Indian Art Show - Phoenix Arizona 2010-2020
  • Santa Fe Indian Market - Santa Fe New Mexico - 2007 - 2020
  • Coconino Center for the Arts - “A Choctaw Story of Land and Blood” solo exhibit, Flagstaff 2018
  • ​Phippen Museum Western Art Show - Prescott Arizona 2011-2019
  • Phippen Museum  "The People Speak"- Prescott Arizona 2016
  • Choctaw Nation Indian Art Show - Tvshka Homma Oklahoma, 2009-2018
  • Choctaw History Through the Eyes of An Artist, Choctaw Spirit, 2017
  • Mississippi Museum of Archives and History - permanent installation, 2017
  • ​Coconino Center for the Arts - “ New Latitude” - Flagstaff, 2016
  • Prescott Indian Market - Prescott Arizona 2011-2015
  • Coconino Center for the Arts,  “Unstill Life” - Flagstaff Arizona 2014
  • ​Mountain Artists Guild - Prescott Arizona 2012-2019
  • "Tis Art Gallery - “Journeys in Spirit” - Prescott Arizona 2012-2019
  • Sedona Arts Festival - Sedona Arizona 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Smokii Museum - Prescott Arizona 2012
  • Best Fest - Arizona's 100 Best Artists - 2010
  • Art of the Americas - San Rafael California 2010
  • "Made in America" Solo Exhibit - San Leandro California 2010
  • "Native America" Solo Exhibit - Napa California 2008
  • San Juan College - "American Portraits" Solo Exhibit - Farmington New Mexico 2005
  • Bosque Conservatory Art Classic - Clifton Texas 2005, 2013

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Book Publication

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  • ​American Indian Youth Literature Award, Picture Book 2011
  • Storytelling World Resource Award 2011
  • Skipping Stones Honor Award 2011
  • Paterson Prize for Books for Young People 2011




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