Originals

Salmon Eggs Unleashed
Val Malesku (Cree)

Inspired by famed British artist Damien Hirst’s Spot paintings, Val Malesku created this series o...

Inspired by famed British artist Damien Hirst’s Spot paintings, Val Malesku created this series of serigraph prints with the Salmon Egg motif, dually representing the Moon. Both Salmon and the Moon are associated with cycles – the cycle of the seasons, cycles of the moon, and the life cycle of the Salmon. Both the Moon and the Salmon have associations with regeneration and renewal. Salmon was a fundamental food staple to many, if not all, nations in the Pacific Northwest. As sustenance and no...

What Will Be Left For Our Grandchildren
Robert Davidson (Haida)

Wiid
Robert Davidson (Haida)

2013This piece is stored off-site. To arrange a viewing, please contact the gallery directly.The ...

2013This piece is stored off-site. To arrange a viewing, please contact the gallery directly.The Wiid is a bird that only appears when the salmonberries are ripening on Haida Gwaii. The bird is here reduced to the small head at the upper portion of the composition. The flower of the salmonberry might be alluded to in the white cross-shape against the blue. Formally, the work is a precise balance of a series of tensions and releases. The pressure seen in the compressed white tri-neg defined by...

Negative Eye Positive Eye No. 1
Robert Davidson (Haida)

2011 This piece is stored off-site. To arrange a viewing, please contact the gallery directly. T...

2011 This piece is stored off-site. To arrange a viewing, please contact the gallery directly. This painting, and its pair, Negative Eye Positive Eye No. 2, are recent works from Haida artist Robert Davidson and both were included in his solo show "Robert Davidson: Progression of Form" which took place in the summer of 2015 at the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art. The show focused on Davidson's most recent pieces, featuring his more abstract work. From the Exhibition catalogue, Davidson ...