And Creatures Come to Life
And Creatures Come to Life

Painting

And Creatures Come to Life

Made with charcoal from my grandmothers fireplace and rocks/dirt found from within my homeplace. Created with Willie Ermine's concept of mamatowisowin, creating within the inner space, this is the beginning of healing.

And the Birds Take Flight
And the Birds Take Flight

Painting

And the Birds Take Flight

Entities erased from ancestral past emerging. Created with Willie Ermine's concept of mamatowisowin, creating within the inner space, this is the beginning of healing. Titles are lines from a piece I wrote while creating the 'All My Relations'... More

Deeper Into the Merging Tree Limbs
Deeper Into the Merging Tree Limbs

Painting

Deeper Into the Merging Tree Limbs

Created with Willie Ermine's concept of mamatowisowin, creating within the inner space, this is the beginning of healing. Titles are lines from a piece I wrote while creating the 'All My Relations' series.

In the Dark of the Night Into the Woods We go
In the Dark of the Night Into the Woods We go

Painting

In the Dark of the Night Into the Woods We go

"In the Dark of the Night Into the Woods We Go" was one of the first paintings in the 'All My Relations' series that really spoke to me. I used charcoal from my grandmothers fireplace that I hand ground and processed myself bringing me to a feeling... More

Oh, How I Know I Am Home
Oh, How I Know I Am Home

Painting

Oh, How I Know I Am Home

Entities erased from ancestral past emerging. Created with Willie Ermine's concept of mamatowisowin, creating within the inner space, this is the beginning of healing. Titles are lines from a piece I wrote while creating the 'All My Relations'... More

The Moon Guides Us Home
The Moon Guides Us Home

Painting

The Moon Guides Us Home

Grandmother moon appears in almost all of the works throughout this series, this shows my gratitude towards my grandmother and everything she has done for me. Together we are learning about our ancestral heritage as a form of healing and... More

Where Limbs Play Tricks in the Moonlight
Where Limbs Play Tricks in the Moonlight

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Where Limbs Play Tricks in the Moonlight

Made with charcoal and ash from my grandmothers fireplace and created over 500km away from her I couldn't help but to feel a closeness to her and ancestors that came before us. By learning about our ancestral heritage we have begun a process of... More

Where the Wolves Howl
Where the Wolves Howl

Painting

Where the Wolves Howl

Created with Willie Ermine's concept of mamatowisowin, creating within the inner space, this is the beginning of healing. Titles are lines from a piece I wrote while creating the 'All My Relations' series.

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Chelsea Smith

Painting

“My bones remind me that I have been a part of this land before and that they have laid in this ground many times over, my knowledge and inner understanding of land feels far too great to have come...” [More]