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Solo Exhibition, Bristol, England- July 2017, RainMaker Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516875505250-LV98D48TB9QWI45E1MDJ/homedeatail.JPG Tent Metaphor “HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, SOMETIMES THATS A WARZONE” hanging Installation 2017 The hanging installation is constructed out of three different tents- by cutting out patterns from each I deconstructed and constructed my own space- the process in doing so was a part of the statement to occupying areas of change- the diamond/ heart shape is a direct correlation to our humanity. The Astro turf beneath the piece symbolizes the pseudo landscapes that veil ancestral lands in the last century to cater to growing economic power. From refugee camps, land occupation from pipelines to Homeless encampments tents have transcended the weekend leisure usage to a symbol of hope and economical degeneration- survival is first, fight to survive and bring change for the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516875700076-1V4LLRY2F6ERU25A6JW3/TentMetaphor1.JPG Tent Metaphor "Tent Metaphor 1" 20"x 20" Oil on Canvas. Solo Exhibition, Bristol, England- July 2017, RainMaker Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516875111840-1LRAHI8R7WQ1QHA7C94X/TentMetaphor2.jpg Tent Metaphor "Tent Metaphor 2" 65"x 58" Oil on Canvas 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516875324257-3R2XQACH1H38HOWAAO11/TAFPhilbrook.JPG Tent Metaphor "New/ Now" 2018 Tulsa Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Philbrook Museum Downtown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516875039795-IXVXGT9WLQB4YTTQLCQ2/TentMetaphor.jpg Tent Metaphor "Tent Metaphor" 65"x 58" Oil on Canvas 2017 In the past few years It's become more evident in my eyes, that global political actions are increasingly on the rise. Land, water, mineral, housing and many more obtrusions are taking away human rights as well as human dignity and acknowledgment. While these events happen around the world groups of opposing parties join forces to stop such actions, condemning the actions of said governments and treatment of people. Tactical demonstrations, prayer marches, coordinated actions and occupying affected areas have all been successful in halting and even stopping the forwarding actions of these violations. Within these complexities and patient process that determine outcomes, a vital heartbeat seems to appear to me, one that’s been apparent on all continents in times of discontent. The usage of tents stand out like a red cardinal on a winter day- brightly colored patterns that make up tent designs give a sense of softness in an otherwise hostile world yet, providing safety, claiming space on affected areas in mass and all encompassing shielding our hopes and spirt as well as our physical selfs. From refugee camps, land occupation from pipelines to Homeless encampments tents have transcended the weekend leisure usage to a symbol of hope and economical degeneration- survival is first, fight to survive and bring change for the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516875444250-C7RX6YFIJNTH84PCBURO/TentMetaphor3.JPG Tent Metaphor "Tent Metaphor, Resistance" 50"x 50" oil on Canvas 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516875845001-M53FNNELB9XXVK69AFH0/Heart%3ATent.JPG Tent Metaphor "Survival, Tent City in Bloom" 30"x 30" Oil on Canvas. Solo Exhibition, Bristol, England- July 2017, RainMaker Gallery https://www.yatikafields.com/decadence daily 0.75 2018-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516874687652-FD3HA9VXNLV8LHNS4762/TheJourney.jpg Decadence "The Journey" 36"x 18"x 7" 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516876583452-H6BZKT34PX2MYHNPG3VC/IMG_8517.JPG Decadence "Decadence" Solo Exhibition TAC Gallery, January 2018- Tulsa,OK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516874372782-9A293TBXXO4NYWCBXB3K/SunriseHunt.JPG Decadence "Sunrise Hunt" 40"x 30" 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516874635044-ZPA1ZAOBWY60UGKD41BT/Opulent.jpg Decadence "Opulent" 36"x 18" x 7" 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516874068723-A1QGMNZDQQTV3KTQON6V/DecadenceTAC.JPG Decadence "Decadence" Solo Exhibition, January 2018 TAC Gallery, Tulsa, OK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516874309932-912PCI29OUCMQQ4VS2PO/Leisure.JPG Decadence "Leisure on the Mediterranean" 20"x 20" 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516874437040-Z4791SFTKHJVHOHBQ2XK/GardenofEdenn.JPG Decadence "Garden of Eden" 20"x 20" 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516874580342-AJAUAJAC9O2FAC6DELQG/ConnectingPast.JPG Decadence "Connecting the past, quills" 30"x 40" 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516874256506-8192A9W32MN2KN7VPPQT/AstralHorizon2.JPG Decadence "Astral Horizon" 50"x 50" 2018 https://www.yatikafields.com/fluent-generations-exhibition daily 0.75 2019-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546322649358-JU9W2CLAJXTTB0UZ65YE/FluentG.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546324687734-OKI6FVU2BL532I95AFPM/IMG_0457.JPG Fluent Generations The start of a two week in Museum residency where I completed a large scale Mural/ Painting during Gallery hours. Engagement with the community and museum goers kept the atmosphere as a learning center of conversations. It’s not often you get to visit with the artist and watch an artwork come to life with conversations. This was one of many aspects and programs during the exhibit that gave it such a powerful and unique showing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546323318979-VSQIO44IV0BHDYODMCVA/IMG_0617.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546324637536-NYN7QHMFKCABB11QVHJJ/albumtemp.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546324828466-47LUGQCEJ9UES6CCPMPQ/IMG_0949.jpg Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546326184710-YDD2SAT2VKPVACTXUV7Y/IMG_0595.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546315705337-G8D70O1G273LF27YMNVN/FG1.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546323180896-8P4JNC97GD6EEVS65J7Z/IMG_0590.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546325529430-8GZ2TXCIKII890YRRWEJ/IMG_9190.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546323293082-7I7RQ5RLHD2B64IBSAIU/FG2.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546324761875-IRE7PAHS2PGOEX9MFEKI/IMG_0521.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546323265170-LNARPDXE7DBO99WK8RW2/FG3.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546324294714-UHRMPSKX3LH3W4VSS70W/IMG_9194.jpg Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546323130068-LBAS3OEZC584Q8OVI2NV/IMG_0608.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546323344548-5FYBARBSXL0MF94CR9CB/IMG_0611.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546325105066-WWLKKYD6OEJ5MJF7IL90/IMG_0972.jpg Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546324722537-JL76YYU0F0O0HD377U05/IMG_0462.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546322613432-W50NLIRKB8L2EIQ5AH1Z/flgb.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546315587085-R3DC0280K6PUEGR64NTK/fluent_gen_web_banner.jpg Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546323400906-CCQFK58G9QO37ZUC2RAO/IMG_0620.JPG Fluent Generations Anita Fields https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546323232900-4NTNFXXTI3JBS66LN8HY/IMG_9191.JPG Fluent Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1546324797499-SELV83XXJTKA43CA6OYD/IMG_0954.jpg Fluent Generations https://www.yatikafields.com/resume daily 0.75 2019-11-25 https://www.yatikafields.com/standing-rock daily 0.75 2018-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516863394263-4MIPAEPXZ02JF8KQSCBW/SamiSolidarity.JPG Standing Rock “Samí Solidarity” 72" x 48" Oil on Canvas 2017 Completed to show the direct correlation between Indigenous peoples that share similar land struggles and coming together to support each other in times of need and action. October 1st, 2016, North Dakota- these two Samí Women ( Indigenous to northern Norway, Sweden and Finland ) were departing the Oceti Sakowin Camp, resistance camp of DAPL Pipeline. I took the photo because it was a moving moment- one that echoed a beautiful reality in a landscape that was divided and shadowed a paralleled past. We all need to unite and come together far and wide to help each other, share and show solidarity in the face of government woes- today’s struggles are ever apparent in our daily lives- it’s important to be reminded of the loving human spirit that exist- as an artist it’s something I've found important to do and share. They are wearing traditional cloths called gákti, it is worn both in ceremonial contexts and while working, particularly when herding reindeer. The traditional Sami outfit is characterized by a dominant color adorned with bands of contrasting colors, embroidery, tin art, and often a high collar. In the Norwegian language the garment is called a 'kofte'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516863851296-X5WM4O6R1QX0F0Z5QC3F/YatStandingRock.JPG Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516863875829-VTVCQHRPT5XHYNLPWS9G/HunkpapaCamp.JPG Standing Rock Hunkpapa encampment, North Oceti Sakowin camp- October 1st 2016 6:30pm At the time this was painted these two tipis were the most northern structures in the whole Oceti Sakowin encampment and the closest to backwater bridge which is just over the hills on the left. In the distance a lone hill rises from the landscape also known as Turtle Island, claimed by both Standing Rock Sioux and Army Corps of Engineers this land is said to be territory unceded by the Sioux to the federal government, diminishing the Army Corps claim of ownership. Through ongoing federal government hypocrisy and the failed consistency to honor numerous treaties- this sacred hill and site where burial grounds are present and also a notable location where many actions, prayers and ceremonies take place- has been reclaimed as our own. To this day the hill still represents the front line as well as backwater bridge, both locations are abused and patrolled by SWAT/ DAPL Military. The sun was setting and the air alive with anticipation- the scent of campfire smoke and sounds of all kinds echoed throughout the camp, it was Saturday afternoon and the camp was growing for the weekend. I picked this spot for the openness to capture the Dakota landscape- to capture the beauty that runs through the camp and landscape of Standing Rock. Staring out into the landscape, studying my view I was transfixed with what I was seeing. As history repeats and goes this same location had tipis in the 1880’s when Standing Rock was formed some time before- and even before then when many bands of Sioux traversed these same hills and landscape and still even prior home to the Mandan tribe. As I was painting I saw many horse riders travel up a path between the hills on the left, these hills were off limits to protect the burial sites that rest there, open for travel though on the path. I saw an older man leading a group of younger students it seemed, all native- collecting and picking sage around the tipis, later that night I would understand the significance of that outing as well as the two tipi’s. The painting took a few hours stopping here and there to talk with people, stretch and read ( Gall, Lakota war Chief ) a good recommended read. I usually try and paint quickly when doing landscapes, trying to capture the moments atmosphere but letting the moment work with the flow of the paints. With the setting sun casting its radiance on the changing colors of the distant fall trees and surrounding plains illuminated -the Missouri river seemingly created it’s own dominant horizon between past and present. The night before I had heard a water drum being played in the distance somewhere in camp- like all night outings in camp, sound location is key along with a headlamp or otherwise letting your eyes adjust. Finding the camp I met a Dinè guy, from Arizona setting by a fire trying out a new kettle he had just got, tying the hide around the top of the kettle with water inside is how the drum works and used during Native American Church ceremonies. He didn't have a rattle to accompany the drum but I did so we ended the night by singing some songs and just like I did, other people soon found us and more songs and fellowship endured. Chet Stoneman, a Hunkpapa Lakota and Peyote roadman was one of the people who heard us and told us the next night he was having a NAC (Native American Church) meeting, north of camp. I didn't think much about it until the following night when I decided to try and find the Meeting which usually starts around 10pm and goes till 8 am. I had brought along with me to Standing Rock my cedar box, with rattle, eagle feathers and all, specifically for such a ceremony. So I went and found the meeting, the two tipis I had painted earlier. Inside one, we all sat about 20 of us, the scent of sage filled the tipi where it lined the center fires perimeter. Praying with tobacco along with four rounds of singing throughout the night we collectively prayed with medicine. Oceti Sakowin is a prayer camp, it felt like in there that night we were doing the absolute best for ourselves and camp by having our prayers resonate with the night and carried along with the smoke into the sky above- we prayed the pipeline not be built, we prayed it not go through the Missouri, we prayed for our people and we prayed that the hearts of DAPL police be touched. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516863314240-MCA5RFZDJO459HVG7YEU/AmericaRealized.jpg Standing Rock “America Realized” 72" x 72" Oil on Canvas 2017 This painting reflects the struggle and hardships that occurred during the winter months at Oceti Sakowin camp - The play on American people and Indigenous people is an ongoing theatre' the will to fight and survive is a re-occurring act. The Northern cold winds blow Tobacco & Prayer ties into the atmosphere, circling but holding tight in hopes of healing on a sacred landscape, broken tents protrude in metaphor to broken treaties, twisted imagery caters to the energy that was present during the cold nights of uncertainty- fire and flames erupt from propane accidents. A drone hovers over capturing all to share and see- new warfare new times. In the distance DAPL lights replace the stars, dotting the ghostly landscape. The Skull a symbol of our existence, mortality and humanity, is connected to our ancestry. The symbolism within this piece defines the Nation in a true reality wrecked by misgivings and unfortunate events of the past and present. We learned many things through this, some agree and disagree- but it's clear to me. There is no longer a camp but my heart and thoughts are in the memories of that important time. When painting this I wanted to share my unique view on this- to give it justice and pay respect as well- to share a story, visually for the future to witness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516863755915-EFMAIY4XXUIQ67JPEWU5/OcetiSakowin.JPG Standing Rock Mni Wiconi, Oceti Sakowin Camp- September 30th 2016 5:50pm This landscape, along with the other are from my first trip to camp. At this point, the front lines still stretched a few miles northward from this vantage point, well beyond backwater bridge. I didn’t know what to really think before arriving other then it’s a resistance camp, let’s stand with brother and sister for our people and prepare to get arrested, I found out it’s much more. I fell in love with this view, it would end up as a stopping point on my morning long runs to Cannonball and back- passing through Rosebud camp then the killer climb up and over Sacred Stone and back to the front lines where I would talk with whomever was there, then returning with a sense of all around geographic and scope of the daily situation- I fell in love with the camp and Standing Rock after this trip, I would soon return. The afternoon was overcast, I was hoping for some good sun but frequent breaks allowed for some good painting. I could see all from here, the camp was still growing and fluctuating with the weekends being prime time for mass arrivals and ceremonies. Watching from this point I could see the camps movement, alive and ready for whatever is needed for whatever situation. Kids played in groups, laughing and screams of joy rolled through the camp below. Groups of horse riders, young men racing one another in a show of bravado traced the outlines of the newly formed roads with such names as Rain-In-The-Face, Oglala Road, Three Affiliated Path, Facebook Hill Road and Two Bears Avenue. It’s hard to relate to something when it’s never been encountered, just like the recent sub zero temps and maniacal blizzards that’s been hitting camp recently, I had never been in a climate as such until being there again recently. I couldn't relate it to anything or compare it too past arctic storms but I evolved and learned how to adjust to it, just like the whole camp seems to adjust constantly as well as all who's there, and this is a daily occurrence. Observing the camp that day I still had much to take in, but the beauty I saw and wanted to paint I'm sure is an awe inspiring view for any well rounded camp veteran. From a historical viewpoint, were looking at the same thing, same area, same people before and after Ft Laramie treaty. Numerous attacks were had on Ft Rice in 1865 which was an army outpost built in 1864 and played a major role in the Ft Laramie signing of 1868 and current Standing Rock Reservation. Ft Rice no longer exist but is a State Historical site, it’s 5 miles north of Oceti Sakowin Camp and currently is occupied by DAPL, Military, SWAT and National Guard. For obvious reasons of encroaching on Lakota land, the attacks of 1865 and after are justified, DAPL is an ongoing war between what was then the Yellowstone expeditions to expand the Northern Pacific across Traditional Lands to whatever means possible to expanding pipelines through once again traditional lands with the same attitude of disrespect for all of Humanity. So as I’m looking out at the camp and then gaze beyond the hills I think of the past and present, same situation and same people. I wouldn’t have thought in my lifetime I would see such a sight, I have had vivid dreams of similarities long ago and maybe it was a premonition of sorts but painting that day felt like a dream, a step back in history seeing a lively camp below filled with tipis and relatives all coming together to support one another but fight another battle together against the same enemy and same greed. Now a # hashtag is synonymous with global prominence and #STANDINGROCK #NoDAPL and #WATERISLIFE takes the place of a void that was never had. We've seen support grow in solidarity with NoDAPL, the widespread circulation and outpouring of support, actions and other events that allow the world to see the unjust treatment of North Dakota and DAPL supporters is being heard. Divest from DAPL banks, plan local actions and put your creativity to work! 2017 will be a challenging year and this camp has been a precursor to the front lines which will be in your city and state in years ahead. as Cornel West said by the Sacred Fire in camp recently “Part of our humility is connected to our solidarity, and thats why were here” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516863457596-6I1OS0DU9WKJ1P82PSN4/WBCWM.JPG Standing Rock “White Buffalo Calf Women March” 62"x 62" 2017 This painting respectfully depicts the moving moments both physically and spiritually of the Women led movements with and during the NoDAPL camp. The White Buffalo Calf Women March happened on November 27th 2016 at Oceti Sakowin Camp, Cannon Ball, ND & highway 1806. This was a Women’s Prayer march, white flags and skirts were worn to show solidarity with each other but also to invoke the strength and power associated with the White Buffalo Calf Woman story- coming together in prayer that the collective prayers be answered to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Personally a few moments were beyond touching for me while there, moments I thought I would never have seen in my lifetime- a look into the past, the strength of our indigenous nations coming together to corral our beliefs and cast them on hope, perseverance and show the world unity exist in strength and numbers. I wanted to depict that day, the strength by unity- marching, boots on the ground- the middle road "HW 1806" the buffer zone between good and bad, the front lines. the median plays the connecting points from past and present. we have fought this fight before and continue to. I witnessed a beautiful sunset while at camp a few days after this march- a three day blizzard was about to hit but before so a sunset revealed itself immaculate. The white flags do what they will- alerting all eyes that fall upon it, what does it mean to you? its a symbol of hope, prayer and traditions carried through a visual but modern form- the waving of a flag in mass- we pray, we care and continue to hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516867572416-DV8L7OE1XJVLDCWJ10T4/FullSizeRender-8.jpg Standing Rock BlueRain Gallery, August exhibition, Indian Market 2017- Santa Fe, NM https://www.yatikafields.com/spring-thaw daily 0.75 2018-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516955321537-Y228SSN0EL4IKJ941N58/Serpentina.JPG Spring Thaw "Serpentina" 48"x 48" Oil on Canvas 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516957010614-1YV3V4A86KRW5PWH1YKO/ChangeUp.JPG Spring Thaw "Change-Up" 48" x 48" Oil on Canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516957276101-0RZUB19FOYOQNQ63U2R0/1980.jpeg Spring Thaw "1980" 48"x 48" Oil on Canvas 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516957158314-39E3ZAE8SJRN9UQEH0VM/AwaitingBloom.JPG Spring Thaw "Awaiting Bloom" 30"x 30" Oil on Canvas 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516957876075-HYT8VCD4V9QD6CCA5ZBW/MoonlitMotion.jpg Spring Thaw "Moonlit Motion" 30"x 30" Oil on Canvas 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516957573534-H3T1A9FE1AC4BX6V9930/2.Dragonflies.jpeg Spring Thaw "DragonFlies" 48"x 48" Oil on Canvas 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516956692595-VA2ASE2JE1ISILD8ZWJV/9.CircularFlight.JPG Spring Thaw "Circular Flight" 48"x 48" Oil on Canvas 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516956785585-YMC2KSJQ2I3TNSKU2KFE/ingress.JPG Spring Thaw "ingress" 48"x 72" Oil on Panel 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516957739629-43WGKNSBK8UY6CFV3C5T/4.GardenSnake.jpeg Spring Thaw "GardenSnake" 30"x 40" Oil on Canvas 2015 https://www.yatikafields.com/seattle-201516 daily 0.75 2018-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516903683225-TDZQNJYLDYBTXB25HMHF/DivingBirds+copy.jpg Seattle "Diving Birds of Green Lake" 48" x 44" Oil on Canvas 2015 As a new resident to the Seattle in 2015 I was searching for new ideas and inspirations for a painting. My work usually conveys movement and colors of various subject matter joining together to create a dynamic forces. I knew I wanted to find something that is of Washington and the Seattle area. Using nature oriented objects and forms in most of my works I wanted to apply the same for what this new piece would be. I went running one afternoon around Green Lake in Seattle and was watching the diving birds that disappear and reappear while in search for food- Diving under the surface and into the depths of the water. I imagined the landscape below the surface with shadowy silhouettes of the diving birds, crossing over one another layered by the lakes aquatic plants. after imagining this scene and seeing these birds once again on Lake Union I decided I would paint this image out as my first painting living here in Seattle. Using Oil paints, my preferred medium in the studio- this painting conveys a feeling of light coming through the surface as the water moves above, the birds in joined movement as they swim underneath the surface in search for food- abstracted plants and forms convey a swift dance taking place below unseen by the passerby above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516903894008-P0A11ICL7P98IC3ZHUXB/Vashon.jpg Seattle "Vashon" 44"x 40" Oil on Canvas 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516904301913-HDGCA29L3FP3W6V91EXV/Ballet.JPG Seattle "Woodland Ballet" 56" x 56" Oil on Canvas 2016 This painting was created with the PacificNorthwest Series, inspired by a meaningful trip to B.C in 2016, I noticed the flower “Fuchsia Ballerina” I was immediately pulled to the intricacy of the flower and awestruck beauty that it permeated. With it’s whimsical pedals moving in rhythm to the wind, I could see how it would be paired to the art of dancing and ballet. I wanted to relay the immediate fascination I shared with it by giving it a life beyond the flower patch and into the eyes and gallery wherever it would be exhibited. I used colors I often don’t gravitate towards, giving it a woodland atmosphere while colors of earth tones and vibrant flower tones with depth give it a feeling of theater in motion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516904052849-84DV7ARTMFR1LFITPMF8/PNW.jpg Seattle "Pacific NorthWest" 48" x 60" Oil on Panel 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516904649282-6OE118OX99IUBD0ML984/IMG_4676.JPG Seattle Wallingford Studio, Seattle, WA 2015-16   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516877534626-10D558QAGMYMC85S8J01/DividedbytheJungle.JPG Seattle "Divided By the Jungle, Seattle" 56"x 56" oil on Canvas 2016 From 2016 Spring/ Summer works and showing at BlueRain Gallery/ all works inspired by the winter/ spring months of the PNW, this painting reflects on the past and present land Seattle resides on, natural abundance thrived to a new urban landscape where shadows of the past prevail with authenticity. An incident that year consisting of several tents engulfed in flames under I-5 in a homeless encampment known as the "jungle" had me inspired to paint about it in concern about the staggering homeless population and epidemics that rise with it- in the painting you can see branches of cedar wrapping its self around a few areas' igniting a prayer around all that needs it as well as to protect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516904578142-G4LFWO1BCA4C6LOKBE2O/GalleryShot6.JPG Seattle BlueRain Gallery, August Exhibition 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516903967146-1X6JR6YDGN9MPVLEU477/Gallery+Shot.JPG Seattle BlueRain Gallery, August Exhibition 2016 https://www.yatikafields.com/about-the-artist daily 0.75 2020-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1516867279567-J02P8HO1ZQ1USV4V8ZI6/Yatika+Fields.jpg About the Artist https://www.yatikafields.com/contact daily 0.75 2018-02-03 https://www.yatikafields.com/tent-metaphor-standing-rock daily 0.75 2019-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574585234166-G4QMUQR3NNP7ZPMPJ3I2/IMG_1719.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock MONARCHS: BROWN AND NATIVE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS IN THE PATH OF THE BUTTERFLY October 4, 2018 – January 6, 2019 Curated by Risa Puleo On view at BSC and Southwest School of Art BlueStar Contemporary, San Antonio, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977970428-YDY3T4372UQ9XRA06N8A/TMSR19.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977867854-UV6A91CCCPGQ7ARL0T6B/TMSR13.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977900097-VDS2MPV94N6ZRAOOACCH/TMSR14.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545978223948-HVCA38LQRUCVAWA0ECCY/TMSR20.jpg Tent Metaphor Standing Rock VALOR- Solo Exhibition, Fort Smith, AR. October 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977433905-T8I4G0TXIAQ8JPHXBR9D/TMSR7.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977918333-NY2N8RL7Z5PU5EL1XU8Y/TMSR15.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977745017-8XPXZH4TL8JHAE50M1CY/TMSR8.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977812223-CIY4G7VP1O3G65QO2ZGL/TMSR11.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977832130-2VDGXKKHPUSL59U5DZR5/TMSR12.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977791289-DZ12OFIJLFZ06Z5IPEUJ/TMSR10.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977993378-FCVYCP189R1XY6AVBAIS/TMSR18.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock Portland, OR, Elizabeth Jones Art Center. Condor and Eagle exhibition- June 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977949681-ETG1P8NOCQAH4RV9QXIV/TMSR16.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977368153-6QTBU01X2QSB9R1LX20I/TMSR6.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977007602-C2RZU2IN3KWJP0F4URQV/TMSR1.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock Deconstructing ideological notions behind resistant camps, homeless encampments and land. Tent Metaphor, Standing Rock series started in 2017 for me as a direct result of my travels and experience to Standing Rock during the NoDAPL movement. My main medium resides in painting as an artist- I gravitate to creating new terrains for the viewers to become apart of- past work often declared vibrancies to abstracted forms, moving and flowing with fluidity and spontaneity. Following my experience at Standing Rock I wanted to create a body of work that disassociated itself from past works in that it would be heavy with figurative approaches and use of social dialogue correlating to indigenous resistance. This departure work would illuminate modern struggles that have been an extension of an ongoing time-line but fall within the perimeters of social discourse. I made a few body of works on Standing Rock that I felt achieved my goal and inspirations to helping push forth the problems and actions that took place in North Dakota during the movement. One in particular was the called “Tent Metaphor” this body of work found it’s birth while living in Seattle in 2016- after seeing the amount of tents that dotted Seattle’s downtown area and outer area- The Tents stuck out to me as a beacon of hope, distress and resistance, not only through land occupation but also by the bright colored patterns that make up the structures. As a visual artist with a background in Landscape painting and abstracted forms I felt there was something here to look into. At this time I was also using more dialogue in my work which has always found it’s way into the abstractions- giving glimpses of symbolism and structure into the work. The Homeless encampments in Seattle would direct me to looking at the current state and problems within, asking questions of why this is and what processes were happening to better these situations and areas. An ongoing look into an ever evolving situation had been uncorked by my artistic eye. I’ve come to realize that this body of work “Tent Metaphor” is an ongoing look into a bigger problem that faces The U.S. On top of FaceBook hill overlooking Oceti Sakowin Camp I saw many things, love, solidarity, resistance, history and tents.. many tents and tipi’s. there’s a bigger picture here that I’m investigating with this series, how the treatment of indigenous people over years of detrimental conduct have shifted varying degrees of livelihoods, land displacement and forced removals provoke the same ethics in todays treatment of Homeless encampments- the colonial notions of land and ownership, belonging and taking and so forth have led to a disparity that is wove into the fabrics of America. Today we see our rights to live in solidarity threatened on many fronts and formats, to resist and standup for what’s right is an obstruction of justice to an obstructed law built with genocide and greed, is there a way to succeed? to proceed? “Tent Metaphor, Standing Rock” uses the actual tent’s that were abandoned in the wake of the blizzards, the tent’s that were left after the final days of Oceti Sakowins existence and the Raid on 2/22/2017. With this material I wanted to invoke the spirit and power that resided as a heartbeat of a nation during the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. The smoke still permeates the tents, loose grass from the camp still imbeds it’s self within- these tents have stories, sheltered dreams and held our prayers for a clean and safe environment for generations to come and experience. By deconstructing each tent I’ve obtained, I’ve sewn them back together with many different tent sections from one another - not one is alike and each carry a different messages and different story and background- I’ve added designs and shapes from one another, transforming something universal to personal but also letting each one play with each other on a visual dialogue. This is the dialogue I want to continue to explore as well as for the viewer to take away with. How can we deconstruct current notions of homeless encampments and resistance camps? how can we explore better way’s to listen and accommodate solutions to gaining precedence over these problems. finally, how can we construct these pieces back to accolade the past misgivings? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977772082-VP3YRHDRDM15RRUYLB96/TMSR9.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977323498-7A7IRG4K6QQB7DVUJE9V/TMSR3.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545977404620-2A917T6K1L2H9U9DSSUB/TMSR2.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1545978119257-USFGT5YF027X8DHFL7FZ/TMSR17JPG.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock Portland, OR, Elizabeth Jones Art Center, Condor and Eagle exhibition, June 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574585467747-FDUSB8I5FKUHDIDXKFLM/BstarVillAma-22.JPG Tent Metaphor Standing Rock https://www.yatikafields.com/crow-shadow-print-residency daily 0.75 2019-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574582537572-M2YHTT88HEYKMY62Y4Q5/Roundup.jpg Crow Shadow Print Residency Cayuse Pony : Yatika Starr Fields Sun Carrier Series CSP 19-301(1) to (16) A series of 16 monoprints with lithography on Rives BFK white, cream, grey, and tan Paper & image size: 30 x 22.25″ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574582604315-UAIRJLMYWY17G3EUJXUA/IMG_7151.JPG Crow Shadow Print Residency Colored Pencil on Paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574582210079-ENLVUOBYB7DSGN3Z7MNB/ComancheBowl.jpg Crow Shadow Print Residency Rattlesnake Bowl: Yatika Starr Fields Sun Carrier Series CSP 19-301(1) to (16) A series of 16 monoprints with lithography on Rives BFK white, cream, grey, and tan Paper & image size: 30 x 22.25″ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574583089293-BPO3GEWPY328H4YP8EXU/IMG_7215.JPG Crow Shadow Print Residency Miles & Maude: Lithograph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574582178963-S1RI5I0NZWTCS8AQC8QR/IMG_7115.JPG Crow Shadow Print Residency Versaille: Yatika Starr Fields Sun Carrier Series CSP 19-301(1) to (16) A series of 16 monoprints with lithography on Rives BFK white, cream, grey, and tan Paper & image size: 30 x 22.25″ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574582865587-2RMB3XQOHQZI23RHYJNK/IMG_7135.JPG Crow Shadow Print Residency Yatika Starr Fields Sun Carrier Series CSP 19-301(1) to (16) A series of 16 monoprints with lithography on Rives BFK white, cream, grey, and tan Paper & image size: 30 x 22.25″ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574583137531-F3COAPF69KZ0LQ264C6R/IMG_7033.JPG Crow Shadow Print Residency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574582357491-QM4TOQYPWH22XU7UAP6T/Scorpian+Bowl.jpg Crow Shadow Print Residency Scorpion Bowl: Yatika Starr Fields Sun Carrier Series CSP 19-301(1) to (16) A series of 16 monoprints with lithography on Rives BFK white, cream, grey, and tan Paper & image size: 30 x 22.25″ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574583035423-OBMLHUX4U38DLU4UK9O0/IMG_7133.JPG Crow Shadow Print Residency Yatika Starr Fields Sun Carrier Series CSP 19-301(1) to (16) A series of 16 monoprints with lithography on Rives BFK white, cream, grey, and tan Paper & image size: 30 x 22.25″ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574581681102-DF3V60EZLAJ4WK2IINTT/IMG_7114.JPG Crow Shadow Print Residency Yatika Starr Fields Sun Carrier Series CSP 19-301(1) to (16) A series of 16 monoprints with lithography on Rives BFK white, cream, grey, and tan Paper & image size: 30 x 22.25″ prints available at https://crowsshadow.org/print/sun-carrier-series/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574583066591-G0D2AMC2Z04HIHFQBXYX/IMG_7156.JPG Crow Shadow Print Residency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574581971615-DKKGGYHXU5XDZ0I2200N/IMG_7126.JPG Crow Shadow Print Residency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574580687157-TE0GE83EZGM2L8E7MV03/Litho1.jpg Crow Shadow Print Residency Butterfly Lithograph: Yatika Starr Fields Sun Carrier Series CSP 19-301(1) to (16) A series of 16 monoprints with lithography on Rives BFK white, cream, grey, and tan Paper & image size: 30 x 22.25″ Collaborating Master Printer Judith Baumann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574581538031-V8XU4O6GQSC5LP9QHBHI/IMG_7104.JPG Crow Shadow Print Residency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574573245806-30TM5LGFZ4820TCT7JLF/CSIA-Exterior_web.jpg Crow Shadow Print Residency Crow’s Shadow is located in the historic school house at Saint Andrew’s Mission about 10 miles from downtown Pendleton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574581621195-2L4U02Q5LMWEGSYSESRQ/IMG_7099.JPG Crow Shadow Print Residency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5fbe85d74cffaa36500b8c/1574582719259-I463WILEOAQ8XLRY2O5F/IMG_7157.JPG Crow Shadow Print Residency Collaboration with Umatilla Language speaker: “We all try our best” Pa táq wayamśa Yatika Starr Fields Sun Carrier Series CSP 19-301(1) to (16) A series of 16 monoprints with lithography on Rives BFK white, cream, grey, and tan Paper & image size: 30 x 22.25″