One of my favorite subjects is indigenous futurism – a sub school of futurism. Indigenous futurism can be defined as a form of art that “envisions alternative futures where indigenous peoples are allowed to reclaim agency, sovereignty, and cultural continuity over culture, which may have been lost to time as well as cultural genocide, or ancestral homeland.”

These paintings allowed me to stretch portraiture work into the realms of fantastic sci-fi landscapes and themes. Not to mention, I find the mixture of traditional and futuristic, such as the female native mechanic.

Indigenous Futurism No 25: Flyby
Indigenous Futurism No 24: Our Land
Indigenous Futurism No 23: Sentinel
Indigenous Futurism No 22: Spacewalk
Indigenous Futurism No 21: Skybridge
Indigenous Futurism No 20: Insight
Indigenous Futurism No 19: Ready to Go
Future So Bright (Indigenous Futurism No 1)
Chromatic Warrior (Indigenous Futurism No 2)
In Command (Indigenous Futurism No 3)
All of our Tomorrows (Indigenous Futurism No 4)
Keep 'Em Flying (Indigenous Futurism No 5)
Always Carry a Tomahawk (Indigenous Futurism No 6)
Silicon Tattoos (Indigenous Futurism No 7)
Indiginaut (Indigenous Futurism No 8)
Future So Bright No 2 (Indigenous Futurism No 9)
We are Star Stuff (Indigenous Futurism No 10)
She is the Cosmos (Indigenous Futurism No 11)
Indigenous Futurism No 12: Warrior Society
Indigenous Futurism No 13: Explore the Galaxy
Indigenous Futurism No 14: Starport City Nights
Indigenous Futurism No 15: Day of Reckoning
Indigenous Futurism No 16: Summon the Old Gods
Indigenous Futurism No 17: Treaty Negotiations Are Now Over
Indigenous Futurism No 18: Trigger Discipline
Indigenous Futurism No 25: Flyby