Where Craft Becomes Art.

And arTIsans become artists.

Meet the Artists of Omba Arts Trust

The visual storytellers of the San communities

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We connect the unique creative expressions of global artisans and folk artists with lovers of art, culture and craftsmanship.

FEATURED ARTISTS

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Anita van Wyk
Anita van Wyk

Paintings from Namibia

A San artist and single mother whose work has been exhibited in Namibia and Australia and adapted for textile production worldwide. Her paintings translate cultural memory and lived experience into form with an intuitive, quiet authority.

Maria Fritz
Maria Fritz

Paintings from Namibia

A self-taught San painter from the Kalahari whose oil paintings captured the flora and traditional narratives of her community. Maria passed away at 36 — her work and her story endure.

Lisa Boepens
Lisa Boepens

Paintings from Namibia

A San artist from Namibia whose deep knowledge of traditional plants flows directly into her paintings — the same flora she forages from the land around her, rendered on canvas with a confident and distinctive hand.

Las Dalias
Las Dalias

Embroidery from Mexico

A collective of women embroiderers from Huixtán, Chiapas, founded by Isabel, Elena, Micaela, Sebastiana, and Luci. Their floral embroidery is so precisely executed it has earned collaborations with designers across Mexico and internationally.

William Marapamele
William Marapamele

Basotho Blankets from Lesotho

A shepherd and artist from the highlands of Lesotho who started drawing on maize meal bags as a child. Today his large-scale embroidered Basotho blankets stitch together traditional motifs with his own unmistakable whimsical, creative vision.

Porgai Artisans
Porgai Artisans

Lambadi Embroidery from Tamil Nadu, India

The artists of Porgai revive the nearly lost tradition of Lambadi embroidery. With a vast stitch vocabulary of over 40 different stitches, their embroidery is done without prior sketching and follows the artist’s instinct around color and composition.

Suytik
Suytik

Backstrap Weaving from Chiapas, Mexico

Multiple generations of the López Díaz family, weaving on backstrap looms in San Andrés Larráinzar as they have since childhood. For the women of Suytik, the loom is not a tool — it's how Tsotsil identity, knowledge, and daily life are passed down.

Colibri
Colibri

Backstrap Weaving from Chiapas, Mexico

Three Tseltal sisters from San Juan Cancuc, Chiapas — Ana, Petrona, and Natalia — who learned backstrap weaving from their elders and are now making it entirely their own, bringing new colors, formats, and ideas to a tradition they grew up with.

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We collaborate with global artisans to co-create collections of original art and fine art prints.

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Artists earn royalties on every print their work inspires.

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BESPOKE ART PROGRAMS

Elevating craft into collectible fine art at every scale.

The Proud Mary model offers hospitality groups, designers, retailers, and corporate partners a complete artwork pipeline — from original commissions to scaled fine art collections, rooted in living craft traditions and deep artist relationships.

We work with designers and decorators sourcing meaningful work across budgets, retailers building story-driven collections, and corporate and hospitality partners creating artist-led programs that integrate into guest experience and brand identity.

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JOURNAL

Journal
A Wearable Canvas | The History of Basotho Blankets
A Wearable Canvas | The History of Basotho Blankets

Originating in the 19th century, Basotho blankets were inspired by a gift of a woolen shawl from a British official to King Moshoeshoe I, the first King of Lesotho and the founder of the tiny landlocked nation. And in that pivotal cross cultural exchange, what began as an adaptation of European textile became a hallmark of Basotho identity. 

Craft, Agriculture & Memory
Craft, Agriculture & Memory

Last week I began the Living the Rice Cycle course with Astungkara Way - a three and a half month agricultural journey for visitors to Bali to experience seed to harvest alongside Balinese farmers. Our first class was a beautiful immersion into the cultural wisdom, challenges, and future dreams of local rice farmers. And we got to get our hands and feet dirty in the mud, which is always fun.

Creating More With Less
Creating More With Less

Can we create a world in which less stuff creates more impact?

For centuries, creative entrepreneurs have been told that they can earn according to a 1:1 ratio. In other words, in order to earn, let’s say, $2, they would have to create one unit. If they want to earn $4, they would have to create two units. So on and so forth.

In a World of Commodification, Choose Elevation.
In a World of Commodification, Choose Elevation.

At Proud Mary, we believe that true wealth is built when your income no longer depends solely on your time. 

Finding Inspiration In a World of Less
Finding Inspiration In a World of Less

While a Proud Mary fine art print, created on demand through our partner, family-owned print shop in the US, is certainly an ideal gift to do more with less, it’s also not the only way to embody that maxim.

Below, we share just a few of the other businesses and business models that are inspiring us to buy better, do better and live better.

Creating Passive Income for Artists Everywhere
Creating Passive Income for Artists Everywhere

At Proud Mary, we believe that true wealth is built when your income no longer depends solely on your time. It’s created when artisans are given the opportunity to earn passive income from authenticated reproductions of their work.

Less Stuff. More Impact.
Less Stuff. More Impact.

We’ve spent the larger part of our careers designing, co-creating and marketing products from artisans. And throughout the journey, we had the same goal - to create products that also create a positive social impact.

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