Mujeres Divinas: Selected Works
Mujeres Divinas was created out of a desire to show the deep love and care most indigenous women have for their families and communities. In a world of chaos, there is a way to find peace within oneself, by grounding oneself and listening to the earth around us.
Mujeres Divinas is about the grace found by listening and remembering where we come from, and how it is very possible to send peace outward in a look, a smile, a gesture of goodwill, the bravery in finding our voices, and the strength found when others react and sing with us.
Water Walker was created in honor of Autumn Peltier, an Anishinaabe Indigenous rights advocate from the Wikwemkong First Nation on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. She was named Chief Water Commissioner for the Anishinabek Nation in 2019.
**Currently, this piece is en route to be shown at the Red Earth Arts Center in Oklahoma City, OK.
Mother was the first piece in the Mujeres Divinas series.. She was also the first piece I created after my Mother had passed in January 2024. This piece gave me peace, solace and comfort while creating her, and so much strength after she was completed. She also was created in honor of Roxanne Swentzell, a Santa Clara Pueblo artist and agricultural activist who works to provide natural food to those on the Pueblo, and to educate them on healthy, indigenous food choices. She is a hero/heroine of mine.
**Currently, this piece is being shown at the National Feats of Clay competition in Lincoln, CA, and in July will be at the Red Earth Arts Center in Oklahoma City, OK.
Rapanui was created in honor of Serafina Heirangi Moulton Tepano, who is a Rapanui multidisciplinary artist who has studied ancestral navigation with the Maori of Aotearoa. She excels as a traditional educator, preserving her native language and passing it onto the children of the island. In addition to her commitment to teaching, Serafina has a passion for surfing and a profound love for the sea.
She participated in the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s study in 2024 of the coast off Chile.