Eskimo Stroll at 50 Below

This particular painting was painted from a photo that was taken near Pele Bay which is near Hudson's Bay in the eastern Arctic. You can tell that this day is very cold because of the way the parkas are pulled tight around their faces. It was probably in the neighbourhood of 50 to 60 degrees below zero and that is without windchill added to the temperature.

This painting won first prize at the Allied Arts Council Open Art Competition in the Advanced Category 2008

Sundogs and Inukshuks

These huge rock piles are found in the arctic and are called Inukshuks. The original Inukshuks were put together by people who inhabited the northern Canadian arctic before the Inuit or Eskimo arrived. From what I have been told, for some unknown reason the original people suddenly left the Canadian north heading east toward Greenland. That said the Inuit have continued the tradition of building Inukshuks. One thing is certain, when your are alone on the land and hundreds of miles from the nearest community, seeing these stone people on a hill or on the horizon, makes the land seem less lonely.