Sharon Irla

Her collective body of works span the fields of painting, murals, graphics, photography, and custom picture frames with Southeastern Woodlands / Mississippian motifs.

Irla's most prevalent body of works are oil portraits of Native American women in both contemporary and historical settings.

Her stated mission is to emphasize the complexity and importance of Native American women, thereby filing a perceived void in the artistic record.

"[2] As a self-taught artist, Irla cites Caravaggio as being most influential toward the development of her own method, which she describes as "a combining of dramatic illumination and Old Masters technique.

[1][4] It was through Ross Landing that many Cherokee made passage to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) during the Trail of Tears.