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...so I'm trying to remember the name of an artist whose work I saw when I was in Canada 17 years ago. I'm pretty sure she's known by 3 names, although I can't remember whether it's Firstname Surname-Surname or Firstname Middlename Surname format. Um. And her artwork tends to crop up in New Agey contexts - on postcards and book covers and posters and suchlike. She draws/paints people (First Nations/Native American, mostly, or maybe entirely?) with their spirit animals superimposed over them, iirc. And I cannot for the life of me remember what she's called.
I know it's a bit of a reach, but anyone in the hivemind got any idea who I'm talking about? At all? Maybe?
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Fay, is she Canadian herself? Also, is she First Nation?
edit Here's a list of First Nation artists - she might be on here: [link]
Susan Seddon Boulet? [link] She was an Oakland, CA artist (which is why I know her name, but if this is actually who you're thinking of I'll plotz).
No freaking clue. I don't remember her name pinging me as being of any particular ethnicity - something European, though - which is to say maybe English, maybe French, maybe something else altogether. Nothing that screamed 'First Nations!' though, I think.
The style is realistic representational art, pretty distinctive portraits in...er, perhaps watercolour, or perhaps watercolour with pen-and-ink? But there's this doubling effect of the person, with their spirit animal ghosting over them - all shamanish. I had several of her prints when I was 18, and subsequently have noticed her artwork cropping up in New Agey shops/book covers/postcards/posters from time to time.
And the prize goes to Sparky! As soon as I read your post I yelled YES, and upon clicking - that's the very woman! You win at the internets! Thank you!
Ha! I knew I'd seen some of her pictures. There was a local new agey store that sold her stuff. The Bear Woman seemed to be very popular. Unfortunately, that store closed many years ago. They had some nice stuff, sigh.
sending out ma towards Daniel's sister, Linus and Nora's Dad
And the prize goes to Sparky!
::plotz!::
My talents are so wasted here at the library answering questions about how to find law stuff.
If anyone missed it, I posted my first piece of fiction in five years. It feels good to have written something new. I don't know where to go from here, but I hope it's the beginning of a new phase.
