Thanks? - Limited Edition Print
Thanks? - Limited Edition Print
14 1/2" x 11"
Edition of 100.
Raven Bringing Light to the World is a familiar creation myth in many Native cultures, and its story is often recaptured in different interpretations. Clinton has chosen to see the story in both a positive and negative light in his first limited edition print titled Thanks?. The fractured image depicts the exact moment that Raven brought light to the world, showing the momentary transition from darkness to light. The formline switches from positive to negative, contrasting this change. This piece shows how this transformation was a balance of positive and negative effects, stimulating thought about light and dark, about vanity and innocence.
Clinton Work
CULTURAL GROUP:
Kwakwaka'wakw
BORN:
December 12, 1975
BIRTHPLACE:
Campbell River, BC
Clinton Work apprenticed with Phil Ashbee, and has also worked with many artists in Campbell River and Nanaimo, BC. Clint creates drums, masks, bowls, sculptures, jewellery, and paintings, and works in a variety of media including red cedar, yellow cedar, alder, copper, gold, silver, and acrylic paint. He began creating jewellery in 2005, and has trained under established jeweller Kelvin Thompson. Clint is also well-known for his large Hamat'sa masks, and he does all of his own cedar bark work. Between 2010 to 2017, Clint donated a fully carved and painted bentwood box for Lattimer Gallery’s Annual Charity Bentwood Box Event, and drew the highest bid several times. In 2012, Clint was included in the Medium: Painting on Canvas exhibition at Lattimer Gallery, and in 2014, he was included in the Nerman Museum’s Contemporary American Indian Art exhibition in Kansas City, MO. In 2019, he was featured in the landmark publication Understanding Northwest Coast Indigenous Jewelry by author Alex Dawkins.
