>>> Norval Morrisseau Declarations Are A Hoax /Michele and Gabor Vadas Exposed/ (Part V)

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~ Exclusive Report - Revised /Previously presented material/~ 


Kevin Hearn Vs. Joseph B. McLeod and Maslak McLeod Gallery Inc.
/Court File No. CV-12-455650/
Awaiting Justice Edward M. Morgan's Judgement...

FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINER'S FINDINGS: 

FORENSIC SCIENCE Vs. NORVAL MORRISSEAU SWORN AFFIDAVIT
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Genuine Norval Morrisseau "Untitled" Set on paper (1970) was compared with images listed on page 3 and shown on page 9 of Norval Morrisseau's sworn affidavit. These artworks were allegedly labeled as "fakes and imitations" by Norval Morrisseau.

~ To see affidavit by Norval Morrisseau where he allegedly addressed paintings presented at  www.woodlandartgarybrucethacky.com (now www.woodlandartgallery.ca) owned by Mr. Gary Lamont, Thunder Bay, Ontario (click HERE; See page 3 & 9). This affidavit was signed by Norval Morrisseau on November 30th, 2004.

INTRODUCTION:

Critical scientific professional analysis has hit pay dirt once again! But leaves an agonizing conclusion that Norval Morrisseau, his manager Mr. Gabor Vadas and his wife Michele, were all in on a 'market conspiracy' to dismiss earlier works of art by the artist himself and to knock out the competition. Was Norval Morrisseau able to make any judgement for himself and that Mr. Vadas and his wife Michele acted on their own to take advantage of a frail man for their own personal gain? The affidavit was signed by Norval Morrisseau who was not of a sound mind and who supposedly made claim that artworks like these seven shown here in this post were not painted by him?!

These sworn affidavits allegedly signed in the presence of a Notary Public would conveniently and mysteriously show up on the internet shortly after the death of Norval Morrisseau who passed away on December 4th 2007.

The lineage of these seven paintings lead to an old time friend of Norval Morrisseau’s a Mr. Gary Lamont. Embarrassingly these seven paintings were included in a shoddy affidavit report maligning Mr. Lamont's collection of genuine Norval Morrisseau paintings as being forgeries?

If these affidavits had been delivered to Mr. Gary Lamont at the time Norval Morrisseau was alive; it would have set off an alarm and a quick discussion between Mr. Gary Lamont and Norval Morrisseau putting a quick end to this affidavit charade.

* This document was the last in a series of allegedly signed Norval Morrisseau's sworn affidavits which involve the following galleries and/or individuals:

1. Maslak McLeod Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (click HERE and HERE);

   /Signed by Norval Morrisseau on March 14th and April 24th, 2003/ 

2. Artworld of Sherway, Toronto, Ontario (click HERE);

   /Signed by Norval Morrisseau on September 22nd, 2004/ 

3. Gallery Sunami, North York, Ontario (click HERE); 

    /Signed by Norval Morrisseau on November 30th, 2004/ 

4. Bearclaw, Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta (click HERE); 

   /Signed by Norval Morrisseau on April 8th, 2005/ 

5. Randy Potter Auctions, Port Hope, Ontario (click HERE) &

    /Signed by Norval Morrisseau on November 30th, 2004/

6. Mr. Gary Lamont, Thunder Bay, Ontario (click HERE). 

  /Signed by Norval Morrisseau on November 30th, 2004/

FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINER'S FINDINGS:

> The fourteen signatures written by pencil on front and painted with a dry brush (DB) technique on the verso of each of the above presented acrylic paintings on paper have been positively identified to have been authored by Canadian Anishinaabe/Woodland artist Norval Morrisseau. These discoveries were conducted and documented by Full Time Forensic Document Examiner Mr. Kenneth J. Davies of 'Hawkeye Studios (Grapho-Lab® Services)' (Calgary, Alberta). This report is dated July 29th, 2011.

>> This report has been generated for Ugo Matulić a.k.a. Spirit Walker of Calgary, Alberta and is the first in a series of Forensic Reports done by Mr. Davies analyzing the Signatures on artworks done by Norval Morrisseau.

Provenance: These paintings were acquired by Randy Potter of Port Hope, Ontario from Mr. David Voss of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Then these paintings were purchased by Mr. Joseph Otavnik of Oshawa, Ontario from Randy Potter Auction House in Port Hope. All seven paintings were traded to Mr. Gary Lamont of Thunder Bay, Ontario. All seven acylics on paper were later purchased by the Blog Master - Ugo Matulić and currently reside in his collection to this present day.

-~ Dated July 29th, 2011

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> Forensic Report analysis /File No. 3442-1/ by Full Time Forensic Document Examiner Mr. Kenneth J. Davies of 'Hawkeye Studios (Grapho-Lab® Services)' (Calgary, Alberta).

BLOG MASTER'S COMMENTS:

> In case of this Norval Morrisseau's signed affidavit dated November 30th, 2004 directed to Mr. Gary Lamont for the paintings presented at his www.woodlandartgallery.ca it had never been sent to Mr. Gary Lamont while Norval Morrisseau was alive because he only became aware of it in 2008.

Mr. Lamont was involved in a pivotal Tax Court of Canada case relevant to cultural property donation program where Mr. Joseph McLeod of Maslak McLeod Gallery testified as a qualified expert witness for the Crown in Federal Court with respect to Norval Morrisseau's art [see Zelinski, Whent, Pustina v. The Queen, (No. 92-424)].

Norval Morrisseau and Gary Lamont,
Nanaimo  May 2005

> Mr. Gabor Vadas, his wife and Norval Morrisseau had many opportunities to deliver this affidavit to Mr. Gary Lamont including the time when Mr. Lamont visited Norval Morrisseau in Nanaimo, BC on May 18th, 2005 ( see image above). Mr. Gabor Vadas and his wife Michele did not have the decency to hand this affidavit to Mr. Gary Lamont and I do not believe they ever had intention to do so neither, and they 'conveniently' waited for Norval Morrisseau to die before exposing it to the public and consequently to Mr. Gary Lamont to prevent any kind of personal inquiry by Gary Lamont and Norval Morrisseau in regards to the affidavit's claim of 'art forgery'.

> Also, I do not believe that even if Norval Morrisseau was of a sound mind that he would have ever presented such a statement about paintings listed in this sworn affidavit without expressing 'his' concerns to his very good friend Mr. Gary Lamont who is the owner of www.woodlandartgallery.ca.

Norval Morrisseau @ NMHS,
Toronto October 2005



> Only five months later Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society (NMHS) was formed. Ms. Michele Vadas and her husband Mr. Gabor Vadas were there to convince members of the NMHS that genuine Norval Morrisseau paintings were actually forgeries.

See in this picture Gabor Vadas holding in his hands one of genuine Norval Morrisseau paintings while Mr. Greg Hill and Ms. Viviane Gray (not a member anymore) watching. Norval Morrisseau was also present at this NMHS charade.

Note: To confirm Mr. Greg Hill, Ms. Viviane Gray and Mr. Vadas being present in this picture compare it with smaller image also present (click on image to enlarge).

> The statement that listed images in Norval Morrisseau allegedly signed affidavit on November 30th, 2004 were "fakes and imitations" is even more to be questioned especially when the images included and excluded from this list are compared (see the findings below). 

FINDINGS:

When this sworn affidavit allegedly signed by Norval Morrisseau on November 30th, 2004 was analyzed I have found the following:

Figure 1 /Click on image to Enlarge/

1. This affidavit includes 48 paintings out of 84 (57%) as "fakes and imitations" (see image above).

Figure 2 /Click on image to Enlarge/

2. As Norval Morrisseau excluded 36 out of 84 paintings (43%) from the "fakes and imitations" list it is logical to conclude that he did not have any objections to them and we can consider them as "authentic works by Norval Morrisseau". Out of 36 paintings which were excluded from the "fakes and imitations" list 28 of them (78%) are executed in a typical 1970s style which are the paintings Mr. Gabor Vadas would consider forgeries, fakes or abominations (see image above).

>>> Norval Morrisseau more than two years prior to allegedly signing this affidavit on November 30th, 2004 he certified four of these paintings on April 11th, 2002 by signing Certificates of Authenticity (COA) for three authentic paintings which were excluded and one painting which he included in the "fakes and imitations" list (see Figure 1; 5th row - 4th image, from top to bottom - left to right & see Figure 2; 3rd row - 3rd & 4th image and 4th row - 7th image, all images from top to bottom - left to right OR to view the COAs  signed by the artist click HERE, HERE, HERE & HERE).

These were the paintings authenticated by Norval Morrisseau in a same session as the six genuine Morrisseau paintings which were forensically certified by Dr. Atul K. Singla - Full Time Forensic Document Examiner and Fingerprint Expert (click HERE).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

In 2006, almost two years after this allegedly signed affidavit Mr. Gabor Vadas, his wife Michele together with Norval Morrisseau falsely and maliciously accused Mr. Gary Lamont's www.woodlandartgallery.com of containing 99.9% of fake Norval Morrisseau art (click HERE for the post on the NORVAL MORRISSEAU BLOG and/or click on the image below to see the e-mail sent to Ms. Judy Scolnik of Heffel Auction House, Toronto, Ontario).

Considering that Mr. Lamont's website continued to present pretty much the same style of paintings as at a time Mr. Vadas and Michele Vadas e-mailed Ms. Scolnik it is impossible to believe that his website could possibly contain 99.9% of "fake Norval Morrisseau art" when only two years earlier, as per affidavit allegedly signed by Norval Morrisseau on November 30th, 2004, Mr. Lamont's website consisted of "only" 57% of supposed "fakes and imitations".

       


























Two genuine Norval Morrisseau paintings specifically addressed in this e-mail were actually consigned by Mr. Joseph Otavnik of Oshawa to Heffel Auction House in Toronto, Ontario (click HERE for an agreement signed on August 1st, 2006 and/or click HERE to view this important collage as a separate large resolution image).
  
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"Untitled" 55"x19" ea., © 1969 Norval Morrisseau

~ Paintings involved in a court case Otavnik Vs Vadas SC 07-51428-00
Source: Randy Potter Estate Auction, Port Hope, Ontario


In the same letter to Heffels, Mr. Gabor Vadas and his wife Michele called two more Mr. Joseph Otavnik paintings - "Untitled, 1969"; set of 2 - forgeries (see above). Mr. Otavnik sued Mr. Gabor Vadas, demanding he produce evidence of them being forgeries.

It is strange that Mr. Vadas was not able to request the proof of non-authenticity from the artist himself (Norval Morrisseau) for these paintings in a court case 'Otavnik Vs Vadas SC 07-51428-00' which was filed on April 16th, 2007 (more than six months prior Norval Morrisseau's passsing into the spirit world) even when Mr. Otavnik requested, via Mr. Gabor Vadas, for Norval Morrisseau to evaluate the paintings in question - requests ignored by Gabor Vadas!?

Rather than face a judge with some kind of proof, the day before the trial, Mr. Gabor Vadas made an agreement to settle with Mr. Joseph Otavnik, offering some eye-popping stipulations.

Astonishingly, in a letter dated June 17, 2008, the Vadas lawyers agreed to pay Mr. Joseph Otavnik $11,000 (clearly labeled as “Purchase Funds” not for damages, libel, pay-offs, hush money, or bribes) to acquire the two paintings Vadas had told Heffels were forgeries.

The astonishing mystery only deepens because in the official Settlement Minutes of June 9, 2008, Vadas also demanded that Mr. Joseph Otavnik sign over all copyright ownership for the two paintings to him, as well as promise not to sue if the paintings turn out to be other than forgeries (click HERE for more information).

To download "Untitled, 1969" Forensic Report by Mr. Brian Lindblom (Ottawa, Ontario) dated March 13th, 2007 click HERE and/or click HERE for more information about this court case between Mr. Joseph Otavnik and Mr. Gabor Vadas.

Another painting Mr. Vadas and his wife Michele had denounced as a forgery – in a letter to Heffel Auction House in 2006 (click HERE) - was “Grandfather Speaks of Great Ancestral Warrior, 1977” owned by Mr. Joseph Otavnik and at one time owned by Dr. Jonathan Browne of Ottawa, Ontario.
 
However, “Grandfather Speaks of Great Ancestral Warrior 1977” was subsequently verified, on April 18, 2012, as a genuine Morrisseau, by another top international forensic and handwriting expert, Mr. Kenneth J. Davies of 'Hawkeye Studios (Grapho-Lab® Services)' (Calgary, Alberta).

 

"Grandfather Speaks of Great Ancestral Warrior"
© 1977 Norval Morrisseau; Click HERE to view this canvas VERSO
/Click on image to Enlarge/ Source: Private Collection of Mr. Rolf Schnieders, Thunder Bay, Ontario


Mr. Davies concluded that signature on the reverse side of the "Grandfather Speaks of Great Ancestral Warrior, 1977" is a true signature of Norval Morrisseau.

To download 4th Summary Forensic Report by Mr. Kenneth J. Davies dated April 18th, 2012 click HERE.

NOTE: Together with "Grandfather Speaks of Great Ancestral Warrior, 1977"  Mr. Davies also evaluated and certified authentic the signatures of other genuine Norval Morrisseau paintings "Medicine Being fron Sacred Fish Stomach, 1977", "Shaman with Power Spirits, 1977" and painting on a used pizza box dated 1982.

The below painting was also labeled fake by Mr. Gabor Vadas and his associates.

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Untitled" 58"x138", © 1979 Norval Morrisseau
/To view Norval Morrisseau posing in front of his artwork click on image to Enlarge. This painting on canvas was exhibited for sale at Nimkee Art Gallery (M'Chigeeng, Ontario) when Norval Morrisseau, accompanied by Mr. Gabor Vadas, stayed while visiting Manitoulin Island for ten days in September/October 1999./

"Untitled" 58"x138", © 1979 Norval Morrisseau
Source: Private Collection of Mr. Rolf Schnieders, Thunder Bay, Ontario

/Click on image to Enlarge and/or click HERE to view the signature signed with large letters in black dry brush paint on the face of the canvas/

* This painting has also be proven to be signed by Norval Morrisseau as per December 19, 2011  Forensic Report by Mr. Kenneth J. Davies of 'Hawkeye Studios (Grapho-Lab® Services)'. 

Below, Norval Morrisseau sits in front of another painting claimed as a forgery by Mr. Gabor Vadas and Mr. Ritchie Sinclair a.k.a. Stardreamer.

Mr. Gabe Vadas proudly posing in front of "Arrangement of Underworld Spirits, 1980" with Norval Morrisseau and Blair Debassige /The Manitoulin Expositor/ at an eagle feather ceremony held on September 24, 1999 at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation (OCF); M'Chigeeng, Ontario. Hanging on the wall the genuine Norval Morrisseau painting "Arrangement of Underworld Spirits, 1980". This painting was appraised by Mr. Joseph McLeod of Maslak McLeod Gallery on March 11th, 2008. Mr. McLeod was, at the time of signing, a member of the Art Dealers Association of Canada (click HERE).

"Arrangement of Underworld Spirits" 54"x68", © 1980 Norval MorrisseauSource: Private Collection of Mr. Rolf Schneiders, Thunder Bay, Ontario

/Click on image to Enlarge and/or click HERE to view the signature signed with large letters in black dry brush paint on the canvas VERSO/

* This painting has also be proven to be signed by Norval Morrisseau as per December 19, 2011 Forensic Report by Mr. Kenneth J. Davies of 'Hawkeye Studios (Grapho-Lab® Services)'.


CLOSING STATEMENT:

Mr. Gabor Vadas with his wife Michele in Nanaimo BC, 

September 2009; © Roberts Studios Inc. [1]

>>> It is obvious that Norval Morrisseau was manipulated by both Mr. Gabor Vadas and his wife Michele, that Norval Morrisseau was "out of it" and that they did their best to keep him away from his biological family by placing him in a nursing home and paid for it with Norval Morrisseau's own money. They kept his family from visiting, exploited him and stole his paintings. Norval Morrisseau died without penny to his name while they kept large number of paintings hidden away for years.

Mr. Vadas who holds and wields Norval Morrisseau's power of attorney had a pattern of threatening legal harm on anybody who is trying to sell any of Norval Morrisseau's work that was done prior to him meeting Norval on the streets of Vancouver in the late 1980's when they were both homeless. Enclosed please find Exhibit # 8 from a court case Otavnik Vs Vadas SC 07-51428-00 where Mr. Vadas threatened this auctioneer if he didn't stop selling works of art from Norval Morrisseau. This auctioneer (Mr. Randy Potter) ignored Mr. Vadas and Mr. Vadas has done nothing because he knows where the painting came from and he knows they are authentic.

"Water Spirts", acrylic on canvas, 54" x 46", © 1979 Norval Morrisseau

~ This painting was defaced on January 27, 2010 by Bryant Ross who is director of Coghlan Art Studio & Gallery in Aldergrove, BC
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Mr. Gabor Vadas among other discrespectful bahaviours had fully supported and approved the destruction of genuine Norval Morrisseau painting which occured on January 27th, 2010. This painting was defaced by Mr. Bryant Ross of Coghlan Art Studio & Gallery from Aldergrove BC and its defacing was also witnessed and approved by Woodland artist Mark Anthony Jacobson of Vancouver, BC. This painting titled "Water Spirits, 1979" was authenticated by Norval Morrisseau and offered for sale at Mr. Bryan Ross' gallery five years after it was acquired from an art dealer Mr. Anthony Martinenko of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mr. Martinenko acquired this genuine Norval Morrisseau painting from private collection of Mr. Rolf Schnieders (1928-2015) of Thunder Bay, Ontario who acquired it from Mr. David Voss, also from Thunder Bay. This painting was offered for sale at Coghlan Art Gallery & Studio in 2005 - the same year Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society (NMHS) was established (click HERE for more information).

"Wheel of Life" 35"x35", © 1979 Norval Morrisseau
~ Click HERE to view the inscription on the reverse side of canvas
Source: Randy Potter Estate Auction, Pickering, Ontario

Recently, Mr. Gabor Vadas and his wife Michele supported the Plaintiff in a court case 'Hatfield, Margaret Lorraine vs. Child, Donna and Artworld of Sherway' (Court File No. SC-09-087264-0000). In this court case the Plantiff sued the Defendant that she had purchased a fake Norval Morrisseau painting as she had discovered while browsing the internet the website www.morrisseaubuyersbeware.com (NOT ACTIVE ANYMORE) which was maintained by Dr. Jonathan Browne of Ottawa, Ontario. Ms. Hatfield had found the affidavit listed on Dr. Jonathan Browne website which was allegedly signed on September 22nd, 2004 by Norval Morrisseau. She also discovered her painting "Wheel of Life, 1979" listed as a "fake and imitation" (click HERE; see pages 3 & 9). After having telephone conversation with Dr. Browne he conected her with Mr. Ritchie Sinclair a.k.a. Stardreamer and she decided to launch the lawsuit believing her genuine Norval Morrisseau was a forgery.  

Her painting "Wheel of Life, 1979" was later forensically authenticated Dr. Atul K. Singla - Full Time Forensic Document Examiner and Fingerprint Expert (click HERE and/or HERE).

 * Click HERE to view the affidavit with corresponding documents, signed by Ms. Michele Vadas in support of Ms. Margaret Hatfield's claim (Ref. SC-09-087264-0000).

Note: Another painting "Cycle of Salmon, 1974), also from this affidavit was labeled "fake and imitation" and was also forensically authenticated by another independent forensics and handwriting expert Mr. Kenneth J. Davies of 'Hawkeye Studios (Grapho-Lab® Services)' (Calgary, Alberta). Click HERE to view this painting previously presented on the NORVAL MORRISSEAU BLOG and/or click HERE to view this painting listed as a "fake and imitation" on Norval Morrisseau's allegedly signed affidavit on September 22nd, 2004 (see pages 1 & 5).

IMPORTANT NOTE: This affidavit allegedly signed by Norval Morrisseau September 22nd, 2004 was actually sent to Ms. Donna Child and Artworld of Sherway in April 2005, by fax.    

[1] The author of the above photograph who had taken picture of Mr. Gabor Vadas and his wife Michele in September 2009 was Mr. Ronnie Roberts of Roberts Studios Inc. Mr. Roberts had also acquired large number of genuine Norval Morrisseau paintings from private collection of Mr. Rolf Schneiders of Thunder Bay, Ontario who also acquired them from Mr. David Voss also from Thunder Bay. To view one of the genuine Norval Morrisseau paintings from private collection of Mr. Ronnie Roberts, previously presented on the NORVAL MORRISSEAU BLOG, click HERE.  

As of September 2017, there are now over 150 forensically verified Norval Morrisseau paintings that were dismissed as forgeries by Mr. Ritchie Sinclair, Mr. Gabor Vadas, his wife Michelle & Mr. Bryant Ross that have been sent to a variety of forensics experts for examination. In every single case, the malicious and defamatory claims have been soundly overturned by three different, top level, independent Canadian, internationally recognized forensics experts, who have ruled the paintings are, in fact, genuine Morrisseaus.

Other Norval Morrisseau allegedly signed affidavits will be addressed at a later date.

Ugo Matulić a.k.a. Spirit Walker


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>>> REFERENCE POSTS:

- Norval Morrisseau Declarations Are A Hoax /Michele and Gabor Vadas Exposed/ (Part I), - Norval Morrisseau Declarations Are A Hoax /Michele and Gabor Vadas Exposed/ (Part II) , - Norval Morrisseau Declarations Are A Hoax /Michele and Gabor Vadas Exposed/ (Part III) , - Norval Morrisseau Declarations Are A Hoax /Michele and Gabor Vadas Exposed/ (Part IV) ,
- Discrediting validity of the Norval Morrisseau's sworn affidavits (Part I),
- Discrediting validity of the Norval Morrisseau's sworn affidavits (Part II)
- Discrediting validity of the Norval Morrisseau's sworn affidavits (Part III),
- Discrediting validity of the Norval Morrisseau's sworn affidavits (Part IV),
- Discrediting validity of the Norval Morrisseau's sworn affidavits (Part V),
- Discrediting validity of the Norval Morrisseau's sworn affidavits (Part VI) &
- Discrediting validity of the Norval Morrisseau's sworn affidavits (Part VII).
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