Sprit Dancer 2

Materials:  Painted mask (no carved mask), turkey feathers and watercolor body.

This pose started all my three dimensional designs in a dream.  The dream was pitch black, with thunderous beat of the drums all around.  When suddenly, I saw a figure coming fast in the distance stomping his mukluk boots in rhythm to the drum.  He was dancing through the air flinging his limbs wildly, unleashing his energy.  At every beat, his mask would change instantly, some scary and spine tingling. With  a sudden stop, he opened his arms near me and said, "Kiitaaki...Waniwat'tang...".  An expression that says, "It begins...here it is...(or 'you are given')"

From that point, all my work suddenly evolved from simple 2-dimensional formats to 3-dimensional motifs, and continues to change, as this dancer revealed.