VESSELS & ALTARSCAPES

Opening: Second Friday, Sept 11, 5-8pm

Closing: Oct 1, 5-8pm

Gallery hours after opening: Thursdays 5-8pm, Saturdays 1-5pm

C.A.T. is a located at 314 S Kenosha, Tulsa, OK 74120

Vessels and Altarscapes is a collection of layered, mixed-media works that honor the female form as both container and foundation—vessel and altar. The body is examined as a source of strength, not only through relationships—sister, mother, grandmother, friend—but through its own capacity to endure and evolve. Heket, the ancient frog goddess of transformation, stands behind this evolution—a reminder that change, like the body, is something to be carried rather than feared.

Drawing on Ireland's dry stone walls, the collage technique mirrors that construction: fragments holding form without mortar. Torn paper and mark-making accumulate into compositions that hold shape through layering alone. Each piece carries this duality, bearing the weight of lived experience while honoring the collective strength of women—built piece by piece, the way memory accumulates.

The collection is framed by two artist residencies in Ireland, where stacked stone in the surrounding landscape became both material reference and working meth.