Bear Bentwood Box Acrylic on Canvas featuring his more abstract work

featuring his more abstract work

This is the prototype for an outdoor lit glass totem pole that Douglas worked on with Don Yeomans (Haida)

Some figures might represent a chief or shaman while others an ancestor

at the centre of them all is feasting and the bestowal of gifts by a host family to their invited guests

Bear Bentwood Box Acrylic on Canvas featuring his more abstract workIndigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral