My work was initially prompted by a need to explore the possibility of a new medium while continuing cultural traditions, ancestral and contemporary. As time ensued, the schism between my nature and my nurture became abysmal, and reconciliation between my indigenous heritage and my occidental education became a necessity. My work seeks and reestablishes the imagery of my heritage. What is valuable to a culture needs to be passed on; symbols need to be reinterpreted for the present age. My work is not only bound by Western linear-art traditions, but also propelled by my own native, cyclical traditions of the reincarnations of our sacred imagery.