About Barking Red Wolf

Barking Red Wolf is centered around making works about Mother Earth, culture, and heritage.

I, Waya, am an artist from the Pacific Northwest who centers around making pieces that resonate with and connect to others.

I make pieces about nature, culture, heritage, and expressing and loving all of ones self.


I started making stained glass pieces when I was around 12-13, learning from my father who learned from my grandpa, who learned while he served in the military. I loved the medium very much, however, had to drop it shortly after learning due to the fact my father could no longer afford to indulge in the hobby.

I wouldn't touch glass again until 2020, using my stimulus check to get stained glass supplies and using all the freetime I now had to get back into it.

Beadwork I have only just recently learned and picked up; I picked it up very quickly, and felt intense pulls to do it.

Using family earrings and the help of some YouTube videos, I made my first pair of earrings.

Meant to symbolize the wolf, I then decided to work on a whole series of earrings based around animals, called the "Heritage" series, and it is about expressing and loving every part and piece of yourself, and never being ashamed of who you are and where you come from.

I create for others.

For someone to see one of my pieces and go "HEY - I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!".

I create to remind the world we are still here.

I create for those longing to be heard and remembered.

I hear you, I remember you.

F.A.Q.

Do you take Commissions/custom orders?

Yes I do! If you check out the "Custom Orders" tab, you can see all the services I offer and about how much you should have minimum!

What do you use for your artwork?

A whole lot of things to tell you the truth! But here's the general gist;

Digital art: Clip Studio Paint, iPad and Huion Kamvas Pro 24

Traditional: Alcohol markers, watercolor, Tooli-Art Acrylic paint pens, Gelly roll gel pens

Stained glass: 60/40 and Lead Free solder

Beadwork: Delica, Tohos, and Preciosa beads

Where did you study?

Nowhere!; I did not attend any type of college and am for the most part completely self taught!

My only forms of college education are the Art and Animation and Character Design courses I took for a few weeks under DigiPen in Renton.