Statement - Karena “Kidd” Graves

Detail: Grandad’s Catch

Fish Pool

Karena “Kidd” Graves is a mixed media sculptor from Greensboro, NC. Their current work is based on their family’s belief in fish dreams. Having dreams of catching a fish or fishing usually means a woman they know in the family or closely, like friends, is pregnant or expecting a child.They have had dreams that have prophesied the pregnancies of family members and friends. Currently, they are finding that the fish relates not only to the pregnancy and birth of children but that of ideas, life transitions, time periods, and more. Their work is exploring and utilizing this symbolism of the fish with a variety of processes and materials.