Description
The sculpture is made entirely out of paper products, including cardstock, Canson paper, watercolor-dyed/undyed paper towels, and corrugated and laminated cardboard types. All feathers are cut by hand. The body is formed using a baffle system for strength and to keep the body core lightweight. No wire armatures were used. The trim on the case is cardboard covered in paper and painted with India ink. Paper towels were used on the legs, beak, and neck. Paper towels on the bird's neck and the reflection on the water had to be reduced to one ply to achieve the desired thickness. The cattails are delaminated cardboard cut and sanded to shape.
Materials
Paper products and watercolor.
Dimensions
28.5" x 48" x 18.5"
Weight
Oversized – Available for in-person pickup or contact us at 918.456.7311 for freight pricing. To learn more, see shipping information and FAQs here.
Regina Free
Choctaw Nation
About the Artist
Regina Free is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. She was born and raised in Oklahoma, graduating high school in a small Green Country town — home to Will Rogers and the Claremore Zebras. Her love of creating art and athletics led her to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Oklahoma State University, graduating in 1997. During her college years, she played softball for the OSU Cowgirls and was presented with the Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Award with the distinction of highest merit.
After graduating, Regina spent the next 20 years helping her husband establish his veterinary business in Newkirk, Oklahoma, and raising their three children. Now that her children are older, she has re-engaged with her passion as an interdisciplinary artist, working in multiple mediums, including watercolor, oils, colored pencil, graphite, ceramics and 3D media. Ceramics and 3D media are her most recent pursuits, which she began exploring in 2023. Her work is very organic and highly detailed, often leaning into abstraction. Her passion for creating art is already winning her awards.
Her work has been displayed in multiple prestigious galleries, such as Mark Arts in Wichita, Kansas, for the Abstract National Exhibition and Watercolor National, and at the Chickasaw Nation Chokma’si gallery. Her pieces were selected for a special showing at the WinStar during the Dynamic Women’s Conference. She also won awards in the John McNeese Gallery in Ponca City, Oklahoma, and most recently, she has won back-to-back Best of Shows while participating in Chickasaw Nation’s SEASAM and Hushtola Art Market 2024. She also participated in her first Cherokee Art Market and won Best of Class Sculpture. Additionally, she was also featured in Artist’s Magazine in the Winter 2025 Best of Drawing issue.
Currently, she is displaying work at Exhibit C Gallery in Oklahoma City and will be one of the exhibiting artists at the Studio C Gallery’s grand opening reception in March.
