Linda Lomahaftewa, Untitled (Purple and Green)

Lomahaftewa’s work frequently synthesizes influences rather than directly quoting one tribal tradition. As a Hopi/Choctaw artist working in contemporary abstraction, she often creates imagery that feels ancestral and pan-Indigenous without being tied to a single ceremonial design source. The central abstracted elements reflect Hopi and broader Pueblo design aesthetics: strong geometric simplification, symmetry, symbolic rather than naturalistic imagery, and forms that resemble katsina imagery, migration symbols, or petroglyph-inspired motifs. The spiral element especially recalls Southwestern rock art and Hopi cosmological imagery connected to emergence, migration, water, or life cycles. The layered monotype textures and atmospheric background also align with Lomahaftewa’s modernist approach to Indigenous abstraction rooted in the Southwest landscape.