Born into the Chickasaw Nation, painter Brenda Kingery combines her rural Oklahoma background with her time spent living in the Ryukyuan Islands in Japan. She studied with a series of artists and artisans, and her works on paper incorporate the sumi-e style of Japanese ink painting in single, sweeping strokes. Kingery’s world travels continue to influence her work—the dancers she depicts are Chickasaw pow-wow dancers, classical Japanese Orodi dancers, and the peoples of Central Africa, all telling their stories.
Source: Calloway Fine Art & Consulting
