Inkpa's painting practice honors the people, places, and spirits that shape his life. Working with acrylic, oil, and stone, he creates textured, abstract surfaces grounded in Indigenous aesthetics. Drawing from the landscapes and cultural traditions of the Great Plains and Northern Mexico, his work engages the spiritual and material legacies of his ancestors. Through surface, color, and geometry, Mani expands the possibilities of Indigenous art — resisting homogenous flattening, hegemony, and placing his voice within a long and evolving history of abstraction.