Elizabeth McLuhan about Norval Morrisseau

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"Norval Morrisseau stands alone in his formal innovation and largeness of personal vision. He was the first Indian to study seriously and to update his own cultural beliefs and translate them visually for contemporary Indian and non-Indian audiences. In doing so he became the first Indian to break through the Canadian professional white-art barrier. His brilliance lies in his ability to break away from his own conventions, to constantly renew his vision."

Elizabeth McLuhan - a Curator of the Thunder Bay National Exhibition Centre and Centre for Indian Art, a public gallery devoted to contemporary Indjan art. Previously she spent seven years as Native Arts Consultant for the governmentof Ontario, and has worked at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. She holds an M.A. in Indian and Inuit Art History from the University of New Mexico, and has published many articles and organized exhibitions on Native art. She, also, is a committee member of the NORVAL MORRISSEAU HERITAGE SOCIETY (NMHS).

Source: NORVAL MORRISSEAU AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE IMAGE MAKERS; ISBN: 0-458-97390-4, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1984 /Methuen Publications/
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* Detailed information about the painting in this posting unknown: "Nature Communicates", © 1980 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/