My work explores how stories take shape within us and how we change each other when we share them. I am curious about how people have lived throughout history, what they've endured, and how these experiences connect us across generations.

For a decade, I worked primarily with silk, hand-dyeing and texturing cloth using Arashi Shibori. These textured surfaces always reminded me of the surface of water, specifically the Puget Sound.

Recently, I am creating objects with beads, and combining print-making and painting.

[image above] silk and gold leaf tunic

In 2019, Rynearson curated and exhibited in SHARING BLANKETS at the Wallowa Nez Perce Homeland.