About the Artist

Dynva Todd takes inspiration from her childhood in the South and in Hawaii, from her Cherokee roots and her love of the American Southwest.

She is drawn to primitive art styles, primarily Native American and African, and works with a variety of media, including charcoal drawings, oil paintings, kiln fired and pit fired clay masks, feathered wreaths and dreamcatchers.

Most recently she has concentrated on gourd pyrography, sculptures and masks.

" I love the rawness of art using mostly natural materials such as feathers, shells, skulls, horse hair and gourds. I try to instill a spirituality to my art which speaks to the beauty and agony of this world."