His figurative works have absorbed the influence of Fauvist color, the loose graffiti of Jean Michel Basquiat and Francis Bacon's mysterious, contorted figures. However, there also are echoes of Indian artists Fritz Scholder and Rick Barto, and his own experiences as a member of the Arrow Lakes Band of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville, a Salish tribe in Washington.
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His figurative works have absorbed the influence of Fauvist color, the loose graffiti of Jean Michel Basquiat and Francis Bacon's mysterious, contorted figures. However, there also are echoes of Indian artists Fritz Scholder and Rick Barto, and his own experiences as a member of the Arrow Lakes Band of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville, a Salish tribe in Washington.