Artworks

orquidia-violeta cascade head
  • Cascade Head
  • Sitka
  • flat
  • appliqué, beadwork, dyeing, embroidery, sewing
  • beads, buttons, canvas, fabric, feathers, found-objects, salvaged, shells, upholstery
  • 2023
  • Oregon Coast
  • 30 × 26 inches
  • Her hair is a depiction of the Salmon River estuary, with curving bands of grasses, marshland, tidal streams, and forest edge. She looks out over the ocean, and the world.
  • available, contact for price and purchasing
  • Orquidia Violeta
  • Photo 1: Aaron Kuehn
orquidia-violeta plumas
  • Plumas
  • Sitka
  • flat
  • appliqué, beadwork, dyeing, embroidery, sewing
  • beads, canvas, fabric, feathers, found-objects, salvaged, shells
  • 2023
  • Cascade Head
  • 30 × 23 inches
  • I feel the struggle and care native people have for this land. I found hawk feathers. Was it injured? Another landed outside my window to kill a bird. I found little feathers scattered on the grass. Everything comes together in a world of feathers
  • available, contact for price and purchasing
  • Orquidia Violeta
  • Photo 1: Aaron Kuehn
orquidia-violeta salmon year
  • Salmon Year
  • Sitka
  • flat
  • appliqué, beadwork, dyeing, embroidery, sewing, weaving
  • beads, buttons, canvas, fabric, feathers, found-objects, salvaged, shells, thread, upholstery, woven
  • 2023
  • Estuary
  • 42 × 29 inches
  • Gratitude for the mother tree who gives us a breath of fresh air, water to drink, and the earth we stand on. A personification of the Salmon River estuary blows wind through the forest from lips colored with ochre, and all are in harmony.
  • available, contact for price and purchasing
  • Orquidia Violeta
  • Photo 1: Aaron Kuehn
orquidia-violeta wapiti
  • Wapiti
  • Sitka
  • flat
  • beadwork, dyeing, appliqué, embroidery, sewing
  • beads, canvas, fabric, feathers, found-objects, salvaged, shells, thread, upholstery, woven
  • 2023
  • Sitka
  • 23 × 28 inches
  • Wapiti (Elk) walk all over the land. I find Wapiti hair caught in the barbed wire fence up high on Cascade Head, and Wapiti teeth and bone in a far away forest. I took the teeth and bone, but I prayed for them. Prayer: Gratitude for being alive, now you go to the Wapiti spirit world.
  • sold
  • Orquidia Violeta
  • Photo 1: Aaron Kuehn