Current & Upcoming Events

Black Cowboys & Buffalo Soldiers

Kaddatz Gallery
111 W Lincoln Ave
Fergus Falls, MN 56537
United States

This show shares the powerful stories of Black Cowboys and Buffalo Soldiers—people whose history is often left out but whose impact runs deep. They worked the open ranges, served in the military, and built lives with courage, grit, and resilience. For me, this work is also personal. My own family history is rooted in this legacy, and creating these pieces is a way to honor where I come from while keeping these stories alive. Their strength, struggles, and contributions shaped not only the American story but also my own. These paintings celebrate their place in history and remind us that their stories deserve to be seen, remembered, and respected.

Be A Lady

Prairie Renaissance Cultural Alliance
630 Atlantic Ave
Morris, Mn 56267
United States

The Be a Lady series confronts the impossible standards, contradictions, and quiet pressures placed on women across generations. Each piece is layered with phrases and imagery that echo the voices of society, culture, and family — voices that have said be polite, be beautiful, be quiet, be strong, be less, be more. But alongside the weight of these expectations come the rebuttals: the raw, honest responses that reclaim power. These works do not sit passively in compliance — they push back. They say: Be strong, but on my own terms. Be beautiful, but in the ways I define beauty. Be quiet? No, I will be heard. Be polite? I will be honest. Each painting becomes both mirror and protest, capturing resilience and rebellion in the same breath. Through layered textures, symbols, and hidden text, the Be a Lady series offers a conversation between constraint and liberation — a dialogue between what was expected and what is now chosen. This exhibition invites the viewer not only to witness but to reflect: How have these phrases shaped us? And how might the rebuttals free us?