“With paintbrush to canvas we begin the journey. Brenda Mercado will take you on the ancient path to a time forgotten. You see how she has captured and woven together the past with the present using that which is part of her imagery coming through the Dreamtime.

We are reminded of the times when the Animals played such a major role in the life of the Chumash people. Our people of today are shown with beauty, power, and their ever presence, atiswin, Spirit Helpers. Time is captured in each portrait and each stroke our world comes alive and we remember. I sari wa, May it continue indefinitely.”

Julie Lynn Tumamait Stenslie, Chumash Elder & Cultural Bearer