Inktober day 8 botanical- apple blossom

Late posting 4 days of #inktober2025

Work in progress. Making art so I don’t go crazy.

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Rebels Take 2nd Major City in Eastern DRC Amid Fight to Control Congo's Vast Mineral Wealth

Now more than ever, it’s crucial to uplift Native voices, stories, and traditions. The Gichigamiin Museum (formerly the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian) is dedicated to preserving and celebrating & offering a space where Native artists can share their work and history on their own terms.

Resilience in Distress speaks to the healing power of the jingle dress in a time of national crisis. The upside-down American flag symbolizes a country in distress, facing deep political divides, environmental destruction, ongoing injustices toward Indigenous peoples,Yet, the jingles offers healing

Here’s a peek at some art I did last year.

True friendship and community shine brightest in hard times. They remind us that even in our darkest moments, we never walk alone.

I’m honored to be one of the featured artists in Living Stories: Contemporary Woodland Native American Art, opening at the newly rebranded Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum in Evanston, IL, on January 27.2025

Save the date, and join us for this important cultural event!

Here at Lake Michigan
a lone block of ice broke off and now sits on the sandy bottom

Created by the rolling freezing waves it’s
Constantly being carved by wind and water

What created it will eventually destroy it

The artist path is not for the faint or weak of heart.
-Le’Ana

After months away from my studio. It’s all cleaned and ready for me. hope that new stories and new ideas begin to form on the canvas. Letting go of the old and making way for the new.

You get tax benefits for putting your money in a foundation but then you have to actually give your money away.

Musk is taking advantage of the tax benefits while not giving away his money

This year he’s $421 million short of the minimum

Varnishing this commission.