Aqigirq (Rock Ptarmigan), 2011 by Ohotaq Mikkigak, Inuit Art Card, Framed Art Card

Aqigirq (Rock Ptarmigan), 2011 Inuit Art Card

Framed Outside Finished Size: 16 X 13, Double Mat, 1.25” Black Wood Frame, Finished Backing with Wire Hanger and Artist's bio on the back.

Matted Art Card: Double Mat, White Top Mat, Black Sub Mat, Outside Mat Size is 14 X 11, With Foam Core Backing, Does Not Include Frame

AUTHENTIC INDIGENOUS.

Cultural Background: Inuit

“I enjoy doing colourful drawings, of people, animals, birds and especially the landscape. I used to enjoy hunting on the land, so that’s what I draw. I’ve done a few drawings of shamans, although I’ve never seen one. They are stories, true stories, told by my grandmother.”

Ohotaq was born in 1936 and lived in Cape Dorset with his wife Qaunak, who is a carver and traditional throat-singer. Ohotaq began drawing in the early years of the print program in Cape Dorset, and his print, Eskimo Fox Trapper, was released in 1961. He became less involved with drawing as the community grew, working full time instead for various community agencies. After his retirement from his job as caretaker of the Peter Pitseolak School in Cape Dorset, Ohotaq resumed his interest in drawing. In the later years, Ohotaq was a daily fixture at the table in the Kinngait Studios, working on drawings covering a wide range of themes and subjects, including an illustrated life history.

Ohotaq had his first solo exhibition of prints and drawings in 2010, and in 2012 a number of his large scale drawings were exhibited in a highly acclaimed show alongside Venerable Canadian artist Jack Bush at the Justina M Barnicke Gallery at the University of Toronto.

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Made in Canada

Framed Art will be carefully bubble wrapped and shipped in a box to fit.