9” Bird Transformation by Charlie Ookpik Inuit paintings

9” Bird Transformation by Charlie Ookpik Inuit paintingsInuit art: Bird Transformation Size: 8. 5" high, 7 wide, 3. 5 deep Community: Gjoa Haven Inuit Artist: Charlie Ookpik id: c 040 It is a miraculous moment, when you fall in love at first sight with a piece of art. I fell head over heels for this precious carving. I expect many of you will, too. I think this works poignancy can be explained by its rawness and its gentle personality. In this sense, it resembles some of the great emotive sculptures carved

Pits carves his owls in a variety of sizes

(7" horizontal)  4" deep

Stone: Argillite (beautiful refined stone)

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The stoically and dramatic black stone render this piece to new levels whereas the vibrancy is nothing short of stunning

Charlie brilliantly fuses surface texture and form into this piece

This is one of the nicest walking bears to come out of Sanikiluaq in a long time

57 x 76 cm

Isaaci Petaulassie comes from a family of carvers

They both sold within days and so will this

The textures are done in a raw format