Bison of Trees, pen and ink drawing Print

Meet the Bison, also described as Buffalo, once found across much of Canada in vast herds, and hunted nearly to extinction in the 1800's, to satisfy the European market for furs. This Bison is a digital image created from an original pen and ink drawing which uses black lines to show textures of trees and plants in the Bison's landscape to outline the form of the bison. This series of animal silhouettes began as an exploration of the forms of animals I see in my day to day life on the west coast, or in my childhood growing up in Ontario. As the series develops further, I'm exploring animals that have been important in Canada's development as a nation, either economically or historically or ecologically. The fur trade was partly responsible for Canada being settled by Europeans, and also how the Bison came to be hunted very close to extinction (after millenia of successful population management by Canada's indigenous people). As a person of European ancestry born in Canada I acknowledge my settler priviledge, and I undertake to show respect for the beautiful land I'm grateful to inhabit now.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:10 W x 8 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:15.25 W x 13.25 H x 1.2 D in

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