Ecstatic

Ecstatic was completed in 2024, an experimental project exploring the quantum and electromagnetic fields that shape our environment. It delves into the invisible forces that influence our daily lives, reflecting the complex balance between natural and man-made surroundings. The work portrays both the struggle and empowerment of navigating these unseen energies, which impact our health, mood, and perception of reality.

**What Is True**
*acrylic on canvas*
*30 x 24*

**Empathy**
*acrylic, wax on canvas, 10 x 10*
in Williams Collection

The emotion of empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. If we are made of stardust, can the emotions we experience here as humans be felt in the cosmos and vice versa?

**Star Dust**
*acrylic , wax on canvas, 24 x 24*
in Delgado Collection

UnEarthed

1 min Video, 2024
Art taken from Unearthed painting by Ruth Chase
AUDIO: Windchimes and birds from my backyard in Tennessee.Sounds of the Earth – 24 Hours of Earth and Human-Generated Vibrations During the Lockdown, Dublin by David Stalling

**hu·tum kʉle**
The Dreamers Show Us The Path
*acrylic, wax on canvas,* *24 x 24*
in CHIRP Collection

**Silent Choir**
*acrylic, wax on canvas*, *24 x 24*

**Birth of A Universe**
*acrylic , wax on canvas, 12 x 12*
In Williams Collection

To be born is to birth another star in the galaxy.

**Beholden**
acrylic, wax on canvas, 10 x 10

**An Offering**
acrylic, wax on canvas, 12 x 12
In Brister Collection
If children are one of our greatest treasures and measures for success in society, then how are we doing? Perhaps this is a mother and child, or maybe the larger figure is a guardian, creator, or protector of new life?

**Electric Balance**
acrylic on wood
8 x 10

**She Entered A World Where She Became Extraordinary**
acrylic on wood
8 x 10

hu·tum kʉle
The video and painting is a culmination of a dialogue with Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Members who shared their historical knowledge of Nisenan Spirituality that can come through dreams. The painting depicts a dark figure, perhaps the Creator, or represents contact with the dream world. The outline of the lighter figure is from a photo of Lorena Davis and represents the dreamer. The figures hover over ˀuƀa seo (Yuba River), with the sky above, and the Ancestral Homelands of the Nisenan, ˀestom janim (Marysville Buttes) in the background. On the sides of the figures are herbs, as it would be common for the dreamer, or “Knock Down Person”, to return from the dream with the knowledge that would help the Tribe, such as special herbs for healing, a premonition about migration routes, or a warning.
“In our culture, we are dreamers, where we learn new languages, and new things through our dreams.” – Saxon Thomas, Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Council, Member at Large
“I believe that we are visited through our dreams. “ – Cindy Buero, Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Member
“I was once visited by my late husband, John, who came to me in a dream to share a very important part of my future that helped me at a difficult time in my life.” – Lorena Davis, Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Council