Sunday, May 24, 2009

Thunderbirds of Norval Morrisseau (Part XV)

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"Thunderbirds in Place of Power", © 1978 Norval Morrisseau
/Michael C. Williams Collection - University of Victoria, BC/
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"My idea is, why I draw them, see, there's lots of stories that are told in Ojibway but that wasn't enough for me. I wanted to draw them - that's from my own self - my own idea what they look like."
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Norval Morrisseau
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* The image in this posting: "Thunderbirds in Place of Power", 35"x39", © 1978 Norval Morrisseau /Provenance: formerly owned by Michael C. Williams and donated to UVic as part of his estate; Michael C. Williams Collection - now part of the MALTWOOD Art Museum & Gallery Collection/

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