This piece was inspired by the photography and documentary 'Women of the White Buffalo' and originated as a mixed media of photography (by Deborah Anderson director of the doc) and oil paints (by myself)
This piece tells the story of the spirit of the White buffalo surfacing at a time of the MMIW genocide upon indigenous women. The Ancestor women all wear red dresses and gather around the Inipi (sweat lodge) as prayers are offered up from a place of grief and hope.
Buffalo spirits also gather protectively towards the women and suffering communities.
Very faintly in the background are abstract images of oil drills as the fossil fuel industries are directly connected to many of the MMIW victims which in turn is the continued rape of Mother Earth.
As there is a Sacred Hoop there is also the Hoop of destruction and extraction which must be broken.
My hope ,as a participator and supporter of the 'Women of the White Buffalo' project, is that greater awareness of MMIW will grow and much needed global support will be generated by this art and other artist's work.
I'll help others with funds from these sales and I will also give a percentage directly towards the Sun Dance I attend on Pine Ridge where the sacrifices and Prayers continue in the face of the oppression which MMIW is an ongoing result of.... Thank you for your support.
