For A Living by Bruno Canadien

Bruno Canadien

For A Living, 2019

Acrylic, satin ribbon on board

62 x 24 x 2 in

Inv: 201901

$3,000

Available

The white paintings within the body of work made for Mother Tongue/ Ehts’o Ket’a center the Dene floral motifs that my grandmothers are known for, used as they are in traditional artwork such as quillwork, tufting, embroidery, and beadwork. Dene art, in general, expresses a love for family and the land of Denendeh, and in this way these paintings follow suit, inspired by the motifs designed by my matriarchs and evocative of the winter landscape of a territory that sustains the Dene as well as the present economy of the north through industrial activity, including petroleum extraction.

For a Living features floral motifs rendered in colour pencil, graphite leaves, layers of titanium white washes over a wet-brushed acrylic surface, and paint-stained white satin ribbon mixed with unstained satin ribbon.

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Rita Therese, 2020

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Mary Agnes, 2020

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Liza, 2019

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Hustle & Bustle/ Oil Chief ~ Caribou Chief, 2019

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Moccasin, 2019

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Wood Smoke, 2019

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Xálats'ededa, 2018

Acrylic, satin ribbon on board

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