isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british  More »

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british columbia. outside of a few art classes, isaac was a self-taught artist who developed his own style of sponge painting, of wildlife images distinguished by flowing lines. "my art is strongly influenced by the traditional ways of my people. i was brought up to live off the land from an early age. hunting and trapping, living in harmony with the the earth has taught me to respect the animals and the spirit and power of nature. i hoop dance and sing at Pow Wows to maintain my cultural heritage. through art and dancing I attempt to influence native people to continue their cultural ways; the gift that was given to us by the great spirit." isaac died at the peak of his career, at the age of 37, but his art remains his legacy.the size of this acrylic on paper 22"x29 1/4"signed by the artist   « Less

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british  More »

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british columbia. outside of a few art classes, isaac was a self-taught artist who developed his own style of sponge painting, of wildlife images distinguished by flowing lines. "my art is strongly influenced by the traditional ways of my people. i was brought up to live off the land from an early age. hunting and trapping, living in harmony with the the earth has taught me to respect the animals and the spirit and power of nature. i hoop dance and sing at Pow Wows to maintain my cultural heritage. through art and dancing I attempt to influence native people to continue their cultural ways; the gift that was given to us by the great spirit." isaac died at the peak of his career, at the age of 37, but his art remains his legacy.the size of this acrylic on paper 20"x26"signed and titled by the artist isaac bignell "nesting loons" 82/125   « Less

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british  More »

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british columbia. outside of a few art classes, isaac was a self-taught artist who developed his own style of sponge painting, of wildlife images distinguished by flowing lines. "my art is strongly influenced by the traditional ways of my people. i was brought up to live off the land from an early age. hunting and trapping, living in harmony with the the earth has taught me to respect the animals and the spirit and power of nature. i hoop dance and sing at Pow Wows to maintain my cultural heritage. through art and dancing I attempt to influence native people to continue their cultural ways; the gift that was given to us by the great spirit." isaac died at the peak of his career, at the age of 37, but his art remains his legacy.the size of this acrylic on paper 20"x26"signed and titled by the artist 89/125 "nesting loons"   « Less

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british  More »

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british columbia. outside of a few art classes, isaac was a self-taught artist who developed his own style of sponge painting, of wildlife images distinguished by flowing lines. "my art is strongly influenced by the traditional ways of my people. i was brought up to live off the land from an early age. hunting and trapping, living in harmony with the the earth has taught me to respect the animals and the spirit and power of nature. i hoop dance and sing at Pow Wows to maintain my cultural heritage. through art and dancing I attempt to influence native people to continue their cultural ways; the gift that was given to us by the great spirit." isaac died at the peak of his career, at the age of 37, but his art remains his legacy.the size of this acrylic on paper 21 1/4"x 29" A/P signed by and titled northern flight the artist   « Less

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british  More »

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british columbia. outside of a few art classes, isaac was a self-taught artist who developed his own style of sponge painting, of wildlife images distinguished by flowing lines. "my art is strongly influenced by the traditional ways of my people. i was brought up to live off the land from an early age. hunting and trapping, living in harmony with the the earth has taught me to respect the animals and the spirit and power of nature. i hoop dance and sing at Pow Wows to maintain my cultural heritage. through art and dancing I attempt to influence native people to continue their cultural ways; the gift that was given to us by the great spirit." isaac died at the peak of his career, at the age of 37, but his art remains his legacy.the size of this acrylic on paper 22 1/4"x 25 1/2"signed by the artist   « Less

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british  More »

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british columbia. outside of a few art classes, isaac was a self-taught artist who developed his own style of sponge painting, of wildlife images distinguished by flowing lines. "my art is strongly influenced by the traditional ways of my people. i was brought up to live off the land from an early age. hunting and trapping, living in harmony with the the earth has taught me to respect the animals and the spirit and power of nature. i hoop dance and sing at Pow Wows to maintain my cultural heritage. through art and dancing I attempt to influence native people to continue their cultural ways; the gift that was given to us by the great spirit." isaac died at the peak of his career, at the age of 37, but his art remains his legacy.the size of this acrylic on paper 15"x 22"signed litho 17/75 isaac bignell.   « Less

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british  More »

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british columbia. outside of a few art classes, isaac was a self-taught artist who developed his own style of sponge painting, of wildlife images distinguished by flowing lines. "my art is strongly influenced by the traditional ways of my people. i was brought up to live off the land from an early age. hunting and trapping, living in harmony with the the earth has taught me to respect the animals and the spirit and power of nature. i hoop dance and sing at Pow Wows to maintain my cultural heritage. through art and dancing I attempt to influence native people to continue their cultural ways; the gift that was given to us by the great spirit." isaac died at the peak of his career, at the age of 37, but his art remains his legacy.the size of this acrylic on paper 15"x 22" signed and titled by the artist litho 17/75   « Less

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british  More »

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british columbia. outside of a few art classes, isaac was a self-taught artist who developed his own style of sponge painting, of wildlife images distinguished by flowing lines. "my art is strongly influenced by the traditional ways of my people. i was brought up to live off the land from an early age. hunting and trapping, living in harmony with the the earth has taught me to respect the animals and the spirit and power of nature. i hoop dance and sing at Pow Wows to maintain my cultural heritage. through art and dancing I attempt to influence native people to continue their cultural ways; the gift that was given to us by the great spirit." isaac died at the peak of his career, at the age of 37, but his art remains his legacy.the size of this acrylic on paper 15"x 22" signed by the artist.   « Less

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british  More »

isaac was a cree painter, born in 1958 on the pas reserve, 400 miles north of winnipeg, manitoba. isaac moved to winnipeg, then to minneapolis and later to vancouver, british columbia. outside of a few art classes, isaac was a self-taught artist who developed his own style of sponge painting, of wildlife images distinguished by flowing lines. "my art is strongly influenced by the traditional ways of my people. i was brought up to live off the land from an early age. hunting and trapping, living in harmony with the the earth has taught me to respect the animals and the spirit and power of nature. i hoop dance and sing at Pow Wows to maintain my cultural heritage. through art and dancing I attempt to influence native people to continue their cultural ways; the gift that was given to us by the great spirit." isaac died at the peak of his career, at the age of 37, but his art remains his legacy.the size of this oil on canvas board 22"x 28" signed by the artist   « Less

this is a stone cut print from the northern Quebec community of povungnituk.the artist is leah qumaluk and is titled the woman and the bird, and this is what the syllabics  More »

this is a stone cut print from the northern Quebec community of povungnituk.the artist is leah qumaluk and is titled the woman and the bird, and this is what the syllabics along the bottom translate to. printed in 1968 it was released during a retrospective of the first ten years of print making in northern Quebec and included in the catalogue 1960 POVUNGNITUK 1970. his stone lithograph is signed by the artist with issue 3/30.the inuit are also famous for their works of graphic art. the first series of limited edition graphics was put out by the artists of cape dorset in 1959. other communities began to follow soon after, and now the communities of pangnirtung, povurnituq, baker lake and holman island are also well known for their prints. inuit prints are produced in a variety of media with the most common being either lithographs or stonecuts. stonecuts are quite unique to the inuit in that the standard lithographic stone is carved out into a bas relief image of the design to be printed. often the stonecuts are augmented with stencils to apply subtle colours to the prints. in fact it is not uncommon for two prints of the same image to be subtly different in that this is still a very much a "hands on" process as opposed to some of the mass produced graphics that are common today.most inuit prints are limited to edition sizes of fifty copies. occasionally there are images produced in editions of one hundred, but again, fifty is the norm. over the years there have been a number of prints with edition sizes of less than fifty which were the result of technical problems during the printing run. these prints are often quite valuable due to their rarity. inuit graphics are still quite reasonably priced ranging from $300.00 - $800.00 canadian. several early prints are now selling for more than $10,000.00, but many spectacular prints from the early 1960’s sell for under $1,000.00.dimensions 13"x16" artist signed and numbered 3/30   « Less