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Grizzlies#2, Icefield Parkway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactenm.12.02
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- acrylic; charcoal; paper; glue on paper
- Catalogue Number
- EnM.12.02
- Description
- Predominant colours are red, black, white, teal blue, pink, green and yellow. In the foreground, beginning at the viewer’s left, wildflowers, that appear to be Indian Paintbrush, are painted in shades of pink and red with green and yellow leaves, and black stems. They are on a background of teal bl…
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- Title
- Grizzlies#2, Icefield Parkway
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- acrylic; charcoal; paper; glue on paper
- Description
- Predominant colours are red, black, white, teal blue, pink, green and yellow. In the foreground, beginning at the viewer’s left, wildflowers, that appear to be Indian Paintbrush, are painted in shades of pink and red with green and yellow leaves, and black stems. They are on a background of teal blue and black and white diagonal stripes. There are also strips of paper cut in diagonals that are glued on and painted over. The stripes and flowers grow steadily larger as they progress to the viewer’s right. On the viewer’s left, above the flowers, on the white background is a hint of a blue and green rectangle, white space, and then a long red rectangular shape that progresses into the flowers. Mid-centre is a charcoal drawing of a mountain range on the Icefield Parkway road. Trees starting at the viewer’s left continue across the valley rising to the scree slopes of one mountain’s lower slopes on the viewer’s right. Above the trees is a range of mountains with a glacier below (it could be part of the Crowfoot Glacier). The top one-third of the painting has two grizzly bears drawn with charcoal and outlined in white, on a red background. The bears appear to be on a slope; the bottom bear is feeding, his nose to the black ground and the bear above is looking at the viewer. There are the colourful wildflowers on the blue background left of the bears, white space, the bears, another larger white space, and then the wildflowers again to the viewer’s extreme right.The painting is signed in the brc “Enns ‘91”.
- Credit
- Gift of Maureen Heffring, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- EnM.12.02
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- Date
- 1999
- Medium
- mixed media on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- PoJ.13.01
- Description
- Down the centre of the piece there is a column of four historical photographs of Indigenous people participating in the sundance ritual. Different colours and patterns border each photograph on either side of them. On each side of the piece there are painted areas or strips. Red paint looks like…
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- Title
- Sacrifice
- Date
- 1999
- Medium
- mixed media on canvas
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 91.5 cm
- Description
- Down the centre of the piece there is a column of four historical photographs of Indigenous people participating in the sundance ritual. Different colours and patterns border each photograph on either side of them. On each side of the piece there are painted areas or strips. Red paint looks like blood running down the image. A quill is attached to the painting in the top left corner. A bone or tooth is attached to the canvas in the top right corner. The left side of the piece is painted in red tones, the left in green. In the bottom right corner there are some pictograph-like drawings of people and a dog.
- Credit
- Purchased from Jane Ash Poitras, Edmonton, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- PoJ.13.01
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A Tribute to Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactenm.12.04
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- EnM.12.04
- Description
- Colours are dark blue, green, brown, grey, black, red, and white. The right half of the painting is dominated by a large grizzly bear with head down and turning to the right; the left side is dominated by two white and grey Bighorn sheep skulls with horns and two white and grey elk skulls with antl…
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- Title
- A Tribute to Banff National Park
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Description
- Colours are dark blue, green, brown, grey, black, red, and white. The right half of the painting is dominated by a large grizzly bear with head down and turning to the right; the left side is dominated by two white and grey Bighorn sheep skulls with horns and two white and grey elk skulls with antlers. There are two red lines in pyramid shapes that go behind the the skulls, but over the bear. Behind this is a green valley that extends on both sides up the sides of a grey, green and white mountain. The upper background is the dark blue sky and the bottom part of the painting is dark blue with two green bear paw prints in front of the grizzly bear.
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Enns, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- EnM.12.04
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