Yazzie’s recent abstract paintings capture familiar, yet indiscernible geological forms, rocks, rivers, flora and fauna, in energetic brushstrokes and lively color. Embracing a spirit of discovery in his painting process, Yazzie’s lines, shapes, and repetitive motifs evolve organically, allowing unpredictable, unexpected elements to find their place within the work.

Yazzie shares, “I never question the meaning of the work, but I ask, how does it make me feel? How are these small, colorful breakthroughs, important, or necessary to the whole. Painting the surreal and abstract in this way becomes a microcosm of life, a bodily confirmation that penetrates me, forces me to be a part of the amorphous dynamic.”