LOOM Indigenous

05/10/2026

10/29/2025

‘A Note to The People: Don’t Melt Away’ Oil paint on a 12” x 12” canvas. 2025 - Available

While working on paintings I think a lot about familial and platonic relationships. The popsicle paintings were created as a form of encouragement to these relations to keep going, believe in yourself, think of The People, think of other beings, think of the culture, and don’t melt away.

This painting is currently on display

10/29/2025

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‘Glittering Motion’ Oil paint on a 12” x 12” canvas. 2025 - Available

This painting is currently on display and available

10/21/2025

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‘Good Luck’ Oil paint on a 14” x 18” canvas. 2025 - Sold

The symbol depicted in the painting was used as hateful propaganda, but before the World Wars the symbol was used by multiple cultures around the world. For Diné people the, “Whirling Log” was used as a symbol of good luck, well-being, and protection, and can be found in much older Diné art. I was influenced by contemporary Diné artists who are reclaiming the symbol, and including it in their work. I made the decision to add the whirling log to the sheep’s eyes because we are fed propaganda through what we read, and what we watch. The use of the symbol could suggest some attention and vigilance on what we may read or watch. Good luck!

This painting is currently on display at LOOM Indigenous Gallery.

10/11/2025

ArtsCrawl may be canceled today but the show must go on. If you’re out and about come by the gallery later today and see Clint and I installing his latest works. Opening reception TBA

05/08/2025

This Saturday, during Gallup’s ArtsCrawl, we at LOOM welcome artist and musician Ryan Alison. His work will be in exhibit for the next two months-Opening reception between 7-9pm May 10th during ArtsCrawl.

Ryan Allison is a Diné (Navajo) Designer and Illustrator from Fort Defiance, Arizona, located on the Navajo Nation. He comes from a culture rich with history, art, and music, seeking to illustrate Navajo and Indigenous lifestyle, philosophy, and perspective by combining Diné art with collage, airbrush, and other mediums.

His work showcases the connection between Navajo and western lifestyle. It aims to highlight the long standing history of “Indian Cowboys,” breaking stereotypical imagery of cowboys and Indians. Growing up on the Reservation, his family were the cowboys and are now the subjects of his artwork. There will always be a familial tie in the artwork.