Life is spirit materialized. Art is matter spiritualized and humanized. My work must feel right, charge space with energy, become ALIVE.

Artist Statement

“I feel guided when doing my best work, like an open window for ideas to enter. I listen to how they want to materialize. They reveal to me the color and materials they are to be made from.

Often I don’t know what a piece is about until after it’s done. They show their meaning, sometimes clearly sometimes subtly, to whoever takes time to listen and see.

I believe in my ancient role of artist as shaman and myth speaker, infusing energy into matter is the practice of both ritual and art making: bringing love and respect for materials, technique, tradition, inspiration, and one’s part in the whole, for the highest good of All.”

— Karen Windchild