Singletary’s work has a powerful immediacy by which the “essence” of an object is deftly expressed—through simplification of sculptural form, use of a limited palette, manipulation of the object’s inner light, and surface decoration comprised of the primary shapes of Tlingit design. Thunderbird’s reductive figure recalls Brancusi’s Bird in Space, and though Singletary’s representation of a legendary bird is atypical, its purple coloration and exquisite form line combine with this impressive profile to infuse the bird with power and strength. Red Goose is equally graceful in its silhouette, hue, and surface carving.