Red Lake Woodland Arts Festival: A Tribute to Norval Morrisseau and the Woodland Artists in 6 DAYS!

July 4th-6th, 2008
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Honouring Clemence Wescoupe (b. 1951)
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"Brother Bear Spirit", © Clemence Wescoupe

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Clemence Wescoupe (Salteaux) was born in 1951 on the Long Plains Indian Reserve in Southern Manitoba. He began to paint in 1971 and immediately achieved national recognition with his simplicity of line and startling use of colour and space. He began to study the work of Jackson Beardy (Cree) and was also influenced by Benjamin Chee Chee and Norval Morrisseau (both Ojibway). As his style developed, he attained a sensitive command of negative space. Clemence Wescoupe's art is full of sensitivity and power, much concerned with animal spirits, spiritual guardianship and shamanic transformations, yet many of its images are familiar and its appeal is immediate and profound. Clemence Wescoupe through his great talent and unique style has inspired many artists and instilled wonder in many art collectors.

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For more information about the Red Lake Woodland Arts Festival go to: www.redlakemuseum.com.

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* The image in this posting: "Brother Bear Spirit", 24"x20", © 1985 Clemence Wescoupe /Private Collection/