"Spring Unforeseen" presents an arresting collision of material worlds, stretching across nearly two meters of artificial turf to anchor itself as both object and landscape. Teresa Baker layers parfleche, yarn, and acrylic paint onto this synthetic ground, invoking the traditions of Indigenous rawhide craft while simultaneously pulling those traditions into a charged conversation with contemporary abstraction. The artificial turf beneath functions not merely as support but as active participant, its synthetic greenness evoking seasonal growth and the ambiguity between the natural and the constructed. Baker, a member of the Blackfeet Nation, consistently interrogates the space between cultural memory and present-day material life, and this 2023 work distills that inquiry with particular confidence. The parfleche elements carry the weight of Plains Indian geometric tradition, a vocabulary historically tied to portability, protection, and communal identity. Set against the processed uniformity of the turf and animated by the tactile warmth of yarn, these references neither romanticize nor mourn the past. Instead they propose a living dialogue, insisting that Indigenous visual languages remain generative forces rather than historical artifacts. At 193 by 144.8 centimeters, the work commands significant physical presence in any interior, demanding that a viewer approach it on its own terms. Signed by the artist and offered through de boer, "Spring Unforeseen" represents a meaningful opportunity to acquire a work that sits at the intersection of material innovation and cultural rigor. Its scale, conceptual depth, and the growing institutional recognition of Baker's practice collectively position this piece as a substantive long-term holding for a discerning collection.