Celebrating 50!
Dorset Fine Arts is pleased to offer a commemorative poster to celebrate their 50th Anniversary Print Collection.
Featuring Mayoreak Ashoona’s last great loon, Tuulirjuak, the poster is printed by a Green Certified printer on acid-free “Mohawk” cover stock, manufactured with “Green-e” certified electricity by renewable wind power.
The poster measures 23” x 39” and retails for $39.95. Quantities are limited.
This is an excellent way to share in the celebration!
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QAJAQ
KAYAKS FROM THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
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QAJAQ (KAYAK)
The Inuit Gallery presents qajaqs by Maligiaq Padilla. Constructed in cedar and fir and lashed together with synthetic sinew, they are sleek, elegant works of art. The gallery is displaying a full size racing qajaq (approx. 20 ft.) hanging from the ceiling. It is constructed from beautiful red cedar with Alaskan yellow cedar ribs. The gallery also presents a limited number of model Qajaqs, each measuring approx. 6 ft. in length, valued at $2,000 CAD. Each one is signed by the artist and could also be ordered with a sturdy manmade skin that would render it seaworthy. The artist uses a ballistic nylon skin with a varathane finish. It’s lightweight, more flexible than fiberglass, and waterproof.
Sleek and elegant in appearance, these qajaqs are a desired piece of sculptural artwork in there own right.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Maligiaq Padilla, whose name in Greenlandic means "following waves growing up” prefectly compliments him. In 1994, at the age of 12, Maligiaq entered the Greenland National Qajaq Championships, winning all four events. The same year he built his first qajaq with his grandfather. Maligiaq is the only person in history to win four Greenland National Kayaking Championships, winning his first title at 16.
He has recently turned his many years of qajaqing and the building skills that he learned from his grandfather, towards art in the form of scale model qajaqs and also recreating a 400 year old qajaq from recently discovered remnants. He has recreated this artifact back into it’s original form in full sized dimensions for 2 museums in Greenland In 2005 he was commissioned by the Smithsonian Institute Museum to build a Qajaq of his design during the Arctic Peoples Celebration in Washington DC, the Qajaq is part of the Smithsonian collection.
Many more accomplishments athletically and in Qajaq art are sure to come from Maligaq, but his recent creations of Qajaq history and art are available today at the Inuit Gallery.
PRIDE
Andy Everson
Comox / Kwakwaka'wakw
Giclee
Edition of 75
$190.00 CAD
I was born in Comox B.C. in 1972 and named Nagedzi after my grandfather. Chief Andy Frank. My cultural interests lay with both my K'omoks and Kwakwaka'wakw ancestries and are expressed through dancing, singing, and even the completion of a Master's degree in anthropology. I feel that my artwork stands on par with these other accomplishments. Although I began drawing Northwest Coast art at an early age, my first serious attempt wasn't until 1990 when I started designing and painting chilkat-style blankets for use in potlatch dancing. From these early self-taught lessons I have tried to follow in the footsteps of my Kwakiutl relatives in creating bold and unique representations that remain rooted in the age-old traditions of my ancestors.
We’ve all worked hard through the night. Many times, I’ve been obsessed with my artwork or compelled by time to finish a paper that I’ve had to pull an all-nighter. We’ve battled through the desire and then the need for sleep to write that last paragraph or polish up a design. Some have had to work night shifts or painted or trimmed their houses to prepare for their imminent move. Others have driven all night to reach their destination. For all of us, we have witnessed that most beautiful miracle of dawn breaking and a new day starting and pride in what you have accomplished.
This print is dedicated to those that deserve to take pride in the work they do. It is for those volunteers who selflessly put themselves forward and do the jobs that most people would expect to get paid for. It is for those individuals who stand lonely on the street corners for a cause. It is for those that mark off a course and register people for races great and small. It is for those that show compassion by visiting the sick and the dying that they may or may not know. It is for those students and scientists that toil endlessly knowing that there is a cure for cancer and they will find it. When that beautiful dawn breaks, the world will be a better place. I am confident that everyone who has contributed will look back and take pride in what they have accomplished.
We are determined to contribute in our small way to finding a cure for cancer. As such, partial proceeds from the sale of this print will be directly donated to the Canadian Cancer Society. “Pride” is available exclusively through the Inuit Gallery in Vancouver, BC.
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