Common Thread - Framed Limited Edition Print
Common Thread - Framed Limited Edition Print
47 1/2" x 16" Framed
PP III/III
"Common Thread was created as a 7-foot glass house post and a limited edition serigraph. Susan point illustrates the link between all creatures. "I believe," she states, "all life on earth, and no doubt the universe, is connected." This piece relates to our own planet and also includes a few celestial bodies, a practice not uncommon to traditional Salish house post design.
The top of the post features the moon. Its face is that of the wolf - a creature we often associate with lunar events. As the most distant object we as humans have been able to reach, the moon keeps watch at the outer reach of our existence. Directly below the moon is a star, and a few other stars appear throughout the piece. Below the star sits the owl, a messenger. Father down, at the halfway point, the raven makes an appearance. The raven features a human face, belying its reputation as a transformer, moving between one form to another. Next is a wolverine, and then a sturgeon - known for living on the deep sandy bottom of the river. The earth, anchor or root of this piece, is fiery and wild to the core.
Connecting all of these creatures, whether they know it or not, weaves the thread, the river of life - that which reminds us we are all related."
Wyatt, Gary, et al. Susan Point: Coast Salish Artist. Douglas & McIntyre, 2000. Pg. 71
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Susan Point
CULTURAL GROUP:
Coast Salish
BORN:
April 5, 1952
BIRTHPLACE:
Musqueam Reserve, Vancouver, BC
Susan Point, although primarily self-taught, has received training in wood carving from master carver, John Livingston. She also completed a jewellery course at Vancouver Community College with Jack Leyland. In 1981, she began to study and work in Salish art, especially with jewellery and small sculptures. Susan has been a part of numerous group and solo exhibitions. In 2009, her work was featured in Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, ON. In 2010, her work was exhibited in Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual at the Vancouver Art Gallery in BC; Coast Salish Nation Carving Gallery, BC; and Pavillion, and in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, BC. In 1986, she exhibited in New Visions: Serigraphs by Susan Point, Coast Salish Artist, which was organized by the Museum of Anthropology, UBC. Her work has also been featured overseas, including in galleries in Switzerland in 1989 alongside artists Joe David and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun.
Susan has been commissioned for many large-scale private and public collections since 1981. In 1993, Susan created various glass, copper, and cedar panels for the Vancouver International Airport, and in 1994 she was commissioned to also carve a 16" diameter red cedar spindle whorl titled Flight. In 2011, she carved a housepost titled Rebirth for the Vancouver Art Gallery, BC, and that year she also carved a red cedar Welcome Figure for Douglas College in New Wesminster, BC. Many of her pieces are featured throughout the city of Vancouver, at the Vancouver International Airport, and at UBC's Museum of Anthropology.
Since the early 1990s, Susan has received numerous awards that recognize her great artistic abilities and achievements. In March of 2004, she was appointed to the Royal Canadian Academy, and in 2006 she was awarded the Order of Canada. In 2007, she received a BC Creative Achievement Award for Aboriginal Art. Susan has been awarded Honorary Doctorates in Fine Arts from Emily Carr College of Art and Design (2008), Simon Fraser University (2008), and the University of British Columbia (2009). Susan has works in private and corporate collections in over 20 countries.
