CAP Indigenous Art Collection: A Song From Both Sides 500 Piece Puzzle (P0D1768PZL)

Description

Jean Taylor, whose Tlingit name is Khàsx ân Tlâ is from the Dakh #322; awèdi Clan of the Teslin Tlingit Nation in Teslin, Yukon Territory. Jean has been interested in art for as long as she can remember and has traveled to many places to train one on one with painters she admires. Throughout this journey she studied a variety of media and settled on acrylic and pastel as her favorites. She has always loved drawing people which aids greatly in her passion for painting people of her culture in their rich colorful regalia dancing and celebrating life. By 2005, Jean was winning awards in regional and national competitions such as the Peace Liard Regional Juried Art Show and the Peace Hills Trust National Art Competition. In 2007, she received both the Peoples Choice Award and the Artists Choice Award at the Great Northern Arts Festival in Inuvik, N.W.T. She now thinks back and realizes how inspired and encouraged she has been by the creativity that was all around her during childhood. Finished Dimensions: 20in x 25in.