One of the Great Morrisseau paintings...

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... sold a few years ago on E-bay by the same art dealer from Winnipeg that sold those originals that Bryant Ross, the director of COGHLAN ART Studio & Gallery, labelled as fakes. You may notice artistic execution - style that cannot be easily duplicated. Quite contrary, Mr. Richard Baker, a Toronto lawyer and longtime Morrisseau associate who is the spokesman of the Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society (NMHS) says that:
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"Norval's work is fairly easy to copy. If you attempted to paint a Morrisseau, you could probably do a pretty good job, just copying it completely." In the same newspaper article Mr. Baker states: "The market has especially been flooded with fakes in the past five years. Some of the forgeries are sold through galleries and some on the Internet through E-Bay and other websites."... Also, Mr. Baker said he was not aware of action by police, or other authorities, to stop the production of fake Morrisseaus. It seems that the artist, or his representatives, must take the lead in fighting the problem."
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*Mr. Baker's statements, posted in "The Ottawa Citizen" article "Morrisseau experts hunt for up to 10,000 pieces", written by Paul Gessell - January 02, 2007

*I would like to ask Mr. Baker to list the galleries and websites that sell fake Morrisseau paintings if he truly believes that's been happening. I would also ask him to provide proofs of his statements in that matter. Also, he is stating that he was not aware of action by police, or other authorities, to stop the production of fake Morrisseaus. I doubt that Norval Morrisseau representatives will fight the problem due to the fact that "the large number of Morrisseau fakes in circulation", as stated in the article, is just a figment of their imagination in order to scare the public. Sooner or later the truth will come to the surface...

* The painting in this posting: "Windigo Encounters Black Robe", 31"x43", © 1979 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/