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The Artist
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I was born in rural Missouri. My childhood was nomadic and stamped by poverty. My own personal odyssey led me to long sojourns in Europe, Africa and Jamaica. My name was given to me in Mali and translates to mean “wise friend”. In Cameroon, I had a farm raising baby gorillas, chimpanzees and a baby elephant. As a single mother, I raised two sons in Cambridge, Massachusetts with the help of a great dane named "Yasu". I discovered leather as a medium for fine art after having worked with it as a craft. I started working with gourds after I became irresistibly attracted to them, because of their uncanny resemblance to leather. The final results, informed by modern concepts of design, are contemporary art pieces. I live very close to nature and the earth which is reflected in my work. After years of world travel, the southwest strongly beckoned to me and I have made Santa Fe my home for the last 18 years. My personal motto is, “Make it beautiful”. |
Selected Exhibitions Casa de la Cultura – Estepona, Spain |
Selected Collectors R.C. Gorman, Taos |
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Find a way to make Beauty NECESSARY Find a way to make Necessity BEAUTIFUL |
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