Birds of Norval Morrisseau (Part XVI)

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- 1990's PERIOD
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© 1990s Norval Morrisseau
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"My goal is to break the barrier between the white world and mine. I wish only one thing, to be an artist and to be respected as one - and my paintings to be seen by all people."
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* The acrylic painting on paper in this posting: "Title not known", © c. 1990s Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/

Norval Morrisseau Collection for Sale

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~ Information for Morrisseau's Collectors and Art admirers
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Webster Galleries Inc., Calgary, Alberta CANADA
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/The Norval Morrisseau Collection being offered for sale covers three decades of the artist's career from 1970s to 1990s/
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> Exhibition ends today but remaining Norval Morrisseau paintings will still be available for sale at Webster Galleries Inc.
(Tel: 403-263-6500; E-mail: info@webstergalleriesinc.com)
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~ For more information visit www.webstergalleries.com.
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Friends of Norval Morrisseau (Part VII)

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Gary Lamont
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Gary Lamont with Norval Morrisseau, Toronto, Ontario - 1985
~ Click HERE to view painting on the wall "Shaman with Medicine Turtle", 1985
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Mr. Gary Lamont a.k.a. Gary Bruce Thacky & Spirit Chaser*, was introduced to Norval Morrisseau by his father (step-father) Allen Heney (his biological father was George Lamont). His father had known Norval Morrisseau since beginning of the 1960s in Beardmore, Ontario (they were neighbours).
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Mr. Gary Lamont met Norval Morrisseau in 1980 when he bought six paintings from him because he needed the money. Norval Morrisseau came to visit him with paintings for sale on recommendation by Roger Onakanakis-Kek from McDermid, Ontario (near Beardmore by Lake Nipigon; he is now residing in Pays Plat First Nation Reserve on the shores of Lake Superior). Norval Morrisseau lived in Thunder Bay, Ontario and he would have come often to visit him in his Thunder Bay house and they would drink tea.
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Many times he would come to sell him paintings because he needed money for rent. Once he told him that he could have ask for more money for paintings of the certain size and artistic quality, and Norval Morrisseau agreed.
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Norval Morrisseau later moved from his house at McLaughlin Street at house, next to Mr. Lamont's, at Fitzgerald Street. Mr. Gary Lamont provided him with canvases, brushes and paint that he supplied from the "Painted Turtle Art Shop" in Thunder Bay. At the same time he started selling his paintings to people in Thunder Bay and that was beginning of their business relationship that lasted for more than a decade.
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>>> BLOG MASTER'S COMMENT:
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Mr. Gary Lamont a.k.a. Gary Bruce Thacky (Thunder Bay, Ontario) is an owner of the website www.woodlandartgallery.ca. He was a very close and very good friend of Norval Morrisseau who has always kept in high regard Norval Morrisseau from the very beginning of their relationship. Mr. Gary Lamont has a connection with the artist that goes back to the beginning of the 1980's and Norval Morrisseau was a family friend since the early 1960's (click HERE). All the paintings presented now and in the past on www.woodlandartgallery.ca are authentic pieces of art by Norval Morrisseau.
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* - Spirit Chaser was name given to Gary Lamont by Norval Morrisseau
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>>> Source: www.woodlandartgallery.ca
/Website of Mr. Gary Lamont a.k.a. Gary Bruce Thacky & Spirit Chaser/
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>>> Reference posts:
- Friends of Norval Morrisseau (Part I) /Curtis Jonnie 'Shingoose'/,
- Friends of Norval Morrisseau (Part II) /Alex Janvier/,
- Friends of Norval Morrisseau (Part III) /Robert Lavack/,
- Friends of Norval Morrisseau (Part IV) /Yvonne Mason Reynolds/,
- Friends of Norval Morrisseau (Part V) /Duke Redbird/,
- Friends of Norval Morrisseau (Part VI) /Allen Heney/,
- Manipulative Nature of Gabor Vadas (Part I) /Ref.: Mr. Gary Lamont/
- Thunder Bay's Norval Morrisseau vs. Jack Pollock's Norval Morrisseau (Part III),
- Thunder Bay's Norval Morrisseau vs. Jack Pollock's Norval Morrisseau (Part VII),
- Norval Morrisseau Painting Techniques (Part III) &
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part XI).
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Stone speaks... (Part III)

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- 1960's PERIOD
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"Windigo, © 1960s Norval Morrisseau
~ acrylic paintings on shale rock - slate
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"My people believe the earth to be their mother and that we are children of the earth. In spirit we are one with our environment."
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Source: www.woodlandartgallery.ca
/Website of Mr. Gary Lamont a.k.a. Gary Bruce Thacky & Spirit Chaser/
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>>> Reference posts:
- Stone speaks... (Part I) &
- Stone speaks... (Part II).
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* The acrylic painting on shale rock (slate) titled "Windigo" was acquired by Allen Henney, who was Mr. Gary Lamont's step-father, directly from the artist, © c. 1960s Norval Morrisseau /Mr. Gary Lamont's Private Collection/

Friends of Norval Morrisseau (Part VI)

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Allen Heney
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Norval Morrisseau with Allen Heney, Beardmore, Ontario
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>>> Source: www.woodlandartgallery.ca
/Website of Mr. Gary Lamont a.k.a. Gary Bruce Thacky & Spirit Chaser/
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>>> Reference posts:
- Friends of Norval Morrisseau (Part I) /Curtis Jonnie 'Shingoose'/,
- Friends of Norval Morrisseau (Part II) /Alex Janvier/,
- Friends of Norval Morrisseau (Part III) /Robert Lavack/,
- Friends of Norval Morrisseau (Part IV) /Yvonne Mason Reynolds/ &
- Friends of Norval Morrisseau (Part V) /Duke Redbird/.
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Sacred World of Norval Morrisseau (Part XXIII)

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- 1980's PERIOD
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"Mother Earth with Sacred Turtle/Ancestral Demigod Figure",
Diptych 48"x36" ea., © 1981 Norval Morrisseau /Click on image to Enlarge/
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"It is our Ojibwa tradition to recall our history or obtain our history in an oral manner. It is important for our children and others to benefit through the process of continuing to recall and make history."
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Source of image: www.woodlandartgallery.ca
/Website of Mr. Gary Lamont a.k.a. Gary Bruce Thacky & Spirit Chaser/
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* The acrylic paintings on canvas in this posting have verifiable provenance leading directly to the artist: "Mother Earth with Sacred Turtle/Ancestral Demigod Figure", Diptych 48"x36" ea., © 1981 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/

Shamans of Norval Morrisseau (Part LIII)

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"Life Journey", © 1983 Norval Morrisseau
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"From the first time I picked up the brush, painting became my passion. Over the years that passion has grown and strengthened.
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Source of image: www.woodlandartgallery.ca
/Website of Mr. Gary Lamont a.k.a. Gary Bruce Thacky & Spirit Chaser/
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* The acrylic painting on canvas in this posting has a verifiable provenance leading directly to the artist: "Life Journey", 24"x36", © 1983 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/

Shamans of Norval Morrisseau (Part LII)

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"Self Being", © 1983 Norval Morrisseau
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“I would like to say that I am an artist so that I can beautify the world and battle conditioned consciousness with the same tools used to condition it.
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Source of image: www.woodlandartgallery.ca
/Website of Mr. Gary Lamont a.k.a. Gary Bruce Thacky & Spirit Chaser/
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* The acrylic painting on canvas in this posting has a verifiable provenance leading directly to the artist: "Self Being", 36"x24", © 1983 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/

Birds of Norval Morrisseau (Part XV)

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"Loon Gathering", © 1980 Norval Morrisseau
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"I transmit astral plane harmonies through my brushes into the physical plane. These otherworld colours are reflected in the alphabet of nature, a grammar in which the symbols are plants, animals, birds, fishes, earth and sky. I am merely a channel for the spirit to utilize, and it is needed by a spirit starved society."
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Source of image: www.woodlandartgallery.ca
/Website of Mr. Gary Lamont a.k.a. Gary Bruce Thacky & Spirit Chaser/
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* The acrylic painting on canvas in this posting has a verifiable provenance leading directly to the artist: "Loon Gathering", 24"x36", © 1980 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/

Birds of Norval Morrisseau (Part XIV)

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"In Flight", © 1983 Norval Morrisseau
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"Personally I am not thinking about myself truthfully in this present year but years ahead when I am death for the children of mine and the generations of my people to feel proud of the art heritage of the Ojibway and every nationality is proud of its culture."
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Source of image: www.woodlandartgallery.ca
/Website of Mr. Gary Lamont a.k.a. Gary Bruce Thacky & Spirit Chaser/
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* The acrylic painting on canvas in this posting has a verifiable provenance leading directly to the artist: "In Flight", 36"x24", © 1983 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/

Shamans of Norval Morrisseau (Part LI)

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"Medicine Keeper", © 1983 Norval Morrisseau
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"These paintings only remind you that you're an Indian. Inside somewhere, we're all Indians. So now when I befriend you, I'm trying to get the best Indian, bring out the Indianness in you to make you think everything is sacred."
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Source of image: www.woodlandartgallery.ca
/Website of Mr. Gary Lamont a.k.a. Gary Bruce Thacky & Spirit Chaser/
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* The acrylic painting on canvas in this posting has a verifiable provenance leading directly to the artist: "Medicine Keeper", 36"x24", © 1983 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/