Totem pole carver and wood-burning artist, shaping stories, spirit, and identity into raw wood through detail, symbolism, and craftsmanship.
You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!
I would definitely say woodburning has become my favorite lately and I find myself running around looking for something wooden to be able to burn a design into it!
Where do you find inspiration?I find inspiration mostly from my family and ancestors and their roots, but also other artist I like to travel and see different tribes artwork and incorporate a little bit of knowledge from every artist I meet.
What would you do with $25,000?I would invest alot of it to be able to sustain myself financially and be able to have free time to spend working art and teaching my kids the importance of art through creating it with them. I would probably use some to travel with my mother to see and meet, my family out in British Columbia and Manitoba and track down the family I haven't met yet from my mother Indigenous side of the family. She was part of the sixties scoop so her 14 brothers and sisters have been spread out North America.
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