The dancer’s profile emerged through Greenwood’s early exploration of color and form. This stomp dancer served as the impetus for all the figurative works that Greenwood creates today. With colors that emulate the nighttime sky and embers of the ceremonial fire, the spirit of song and dance reaffirms the connections of Chickasaw lifeways past and present.

Poem:

Hearts pound to a shaker’s beat in the warmth of a heavenly flame

Whose ashes carry forth a spirited prayer

Of those united in body and voice