Indigenous Artist Study

Indigenous Artist Study Choose one of the following artists and recreate their work. Ensure you choose an appropriate medium.

Ted Harrison Ted Harrison is one of Canada’s most popular artists. His love of the land and people of the Yukon has brought him national acclaim. His distinctive style of painting is both colourful and sophisticated yet retains an innocent charm and appeals to young and old alike.

Christi Belcourt Metis artist, Christi Belcourt, featured on the cover of the December 2015 issue of Canadian Geographic, is one such artist. Belcourt’s acrylic paintings, based on beading traditions and floral patterns, captured the eye of no less than haute-couture fashion legend Valentino. Bill Reid You’ve seen his work, if not in person then on a Canada Post stamp or a $20 bill issued from 2004-2012. The Vancouver artist is perhaps most famous for his two bronze canoes. ‘The Spirit of Haida Gwaii: The Jade Canoe’ greets people in the Vancouver Airport’s international terminal, while ‘The Spirit of Haida Gwaii: The Black Canoe’ is in the Canadian embassy in Washington D.C. Kenojuak Ashevak Kenojuak Ashevak was one of the early stars of the Cape Dorset art scene and her famous piece, The Enchanted Owl,graced a Canada Post stamp in the 1970s. Cape Dorset in Nunavut is home to some of Canada’s most popular First Nations artists. When printmaking was introduced to the area in the 1950s by local civic administrator and artist James Houston, Inuit art, in a form unusual for the Arctic (most was sculpture), was able to reach south as never before.

Michael Barber Memories and thoughts are never clear and my work reflects the layers that hide or protect our past, the things we cherish and the things we’d love to forget. Quite often in life things that are out of our control have such impact on our lives, not physically really but emotionally, things that we will carry with us forever. The good and the bad both weigh us down and fill us up, to the point that there’s no room left.

Brian Allen Adams Each painting brings forth the Spirit of Canada through the artist's interpretation of Canadian and Native folklore, and his inspiration is derived from nature, the history of Canada, the life of the Inuit, the Hudson's Bay Company and the wonderful work done by Sir Wilfred Grenfell.

Teresa Young Teresa Young is a Canadian Metis painter who specializes in surreal and abstract acrylic paintings. Detailed, highly unique artwork with an aboriginal flavour. My style developed from a early start in portrait painting when I was a child and evolved into something that can't be found anywhere else.