384 - Kennedy Pleats

Hello. My name is Kennedy Pleats. I was born and raised in Fort Yates, North Dakota. I grew up on a small ranch in the country with my grandparents, whose hobbies were creating. This meant I was exposed to many mediums of art, so naturally I combined my love for the two–art and animals–into what is now one of my favorite hobbies–painting.

A couple weeks before we started this project, we were told to incorporate the theme of food sovereignty. Choosing the food and plants, we decided to incorporate choke cherries and wild prairie roses. We built on each other's strengths. My mentor, artist Alex’s skilled floral design, and mine, incorporating the comfort in drawing horse anatomy, we decided to add the portrait of the horse in the forefront, to honor the horse nation with this mural.