Kwey anii! Rhonda Haws nadijinikaas. Wabisheshii nidodem, Kijicho Manitou Madaouskarini Algonquin First Nation nidonjaba (Hello, I see your light! My name is Rhonda Haws. I belong to the Kjicho Manitou Madaouskarini Algonquin First Nation). Ikwe is the Algonquin word for woman. Rhonda belongs to a long line of talented anishinabe ashij jaganesh ikwe (Algonquin/non-native women) who make art, but don’t always identify themselves as artists. It feels right to create, to follow in the footsteps of those artistic, everyday women. 

Rhonda has fallen in love with light, colour and the beauty in ordinary things. Her artwork is inspired by her life, her imagination, her First Nations heritage and by animals. Her artworks are oil and acrylic paintings, clay sculptures and rubber carving prints.