Kathryn Polk’s donations of lithographs to the AP/RC continue to explore the range of her narrative powers and preserve many of her iconic sigils, symbols and personalities. In a video interview conducted while Polk was visiting Anchor Graphics in Chicago, she talked about her iconography. These images include maple leaf seeds (women, hope), cholla cacti (overcoming danger, Arizona, cactus wrens), rattlesnakes (good and evil), half-full or half-empty glasses (optimism or pessimism), irons, infinity symbols, and thread (her mother and grandmother). Polk’s memories play a vital role in development of her imagery which serves are visual synecdoches for various characters or personalities, among them her “non-indigenous woman“.

Burning Sage; Lithograph; Image Size: 404 x 329

Blind Faith, 2013; Lithograph; Image Size: 432 x 330

A Little Off the Top, 2015; Lithograph; Image Size: 366 x 366

Pink Camouflage; Lithograph; Image Size: 354 x 280

Little Pink Lie; Lithograph; Image Size: 279 x 203

The Slough of Despond; Lithograph; Image Size: 443 x 302

Forever and Ever; Lithograph; Image Size: 484 x 331

Ever After; Lithograph; Image Size: 442 x 328

Wearing the Bible Belt; Lithograph; Image Size: 457 x 355

In Her Place; Lithograph; Image Size: 480 x 365

The Innate Thread; Lithograph; Image Size: 415 x 320

Hergatory; Lithograph; Image Size: 462 x 339