 Pitt is primarily known for her sculpting and mixed media artistry, which focuses on 12,000 years of Native American history and tradition of the Columbia River region.Pitt was born and grew up on the Warm Springs Reservation in 1944 and later moved to Portland, Oregon in the early 1960s after graduating from Madras High School.Due to a back issue, she decided to take art classes at Mount Hood Community College and practice designing ceramic masks in 1981.