Niece of Pablita Velarde, the famous Santa Clara painter, Sisneros has carved her own place in contemporary Native American painting.

Winner of many prestigious awards and distinguished honors, she remains humble and says of her work, “I paint from my soul.” Her images honor people from her own life who have helped her through deep struggles with the strong bonds of familial love and female friendships. She also represents the natural world with reverence but a playful abstraction. Her birds, Buffalo, horses and deer frolic in the sun, a formal spherical element present in most of her work.

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