Mary Theresa

"Born near Tuba City, Arizona, Morez was stricken with both polio and rheumatic fever as a girl, and underwent numerous operations as a result. She first studied at the Phoenix Indian School before receiving a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona and received a scholarship to study fashion illustration at the Ray Vogue Art School in Chicago. In 1969 she chose to devote her work to full-time painting instead of commercial art. Allan Houser and Oscar Howe served as her mentors early in life. Her work combined traditional Navajo elements with a more contemporary, abstract style. Besides painting, Morez also worked as a textile artist. For much of her career she lived in Phoenix, Arizona."

- From the artist's Wikipedia page