Meet Roberta Begaye:

Contemporarily Indigenous is how I describe my artwork; spinning the past of my traditional and cultural upbringing with an abstract contemporary twist to the weaving designs of my grandmother and to my visions. I weave paintings in layers with a broad stylistic range that extends from colorful representational images of animals to abstract expressionist works incorporating graffiti. I begin each painting with a short prayer and an offering of tobacco blessing the canvas; I always want it to have positive energy because every piece I create is a part of me.