About The Artwork
D.C. Allen paints Crystal Worl looking up. Behind her is Raven rendered in her own composition, the central crest of her clan set among the stars. In the oral traditions Raven released the sun, moon, and stars and brought light into the world, and continues as a guide whose stories shape Tlingit knowledge and identity. Worl's gaze lifts toward that figure. She is looking at her own inheritance and her own hand at once.
Worl is Athabascan, Filipino, and Tlingit, of the Raven moiety, Sockeye Clan, from the Raven House, and Deg Hit'an Athabascan from Fairbanks, Alaska. She is widely recognized for revitalizing Northwest Coast design through painting, printmaking, and public art, and as co-founder of Trickster Company. Her practice reimagines clan stories through a contemporary lens is proof that Indigenous visual languages are living traditions, still moving across generations.
Allen dresses her as she lives: contemporary clothing, and a traditional shawl from her community. That combination is the argument the painting makes. Artist, entrepreneur, educator, advocate Worl moves between worlds without leaving either.
A significant portrait for collectors of contemporary Indigenous art, Northwest Coast design, and Native women's work. Ships ready to hang.
Available for acquisition. Original works by D.C. ALLEN are produced in limited number and rarely return to market once placed.
