CAP Indigenous Art Collection: Turtle Island 500 Piece Puzzle (P0D2293PZL)

Description

Patrick Hunter is a 2 Spirit Ojibway artist, graphic designer, and entrepreneur from Red Lake, Ontario. In 2011, he made the move to Toronto to pursue a career in the arts after completing the graphic design program at Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He is best known for his paintings in the Woodland art style, but is also making a name for himself in the corporate world through artistic and graphic collaborations with RBC and BMO Banks, Ernst Young, West Elm, Staples Promotional Products. eBay Canada, CTV and Global Affairs Canada to name a few. Turtle Island is what my people, the First Nations of Canada, refer to as North America. She carries the people, and represented by the trees on her back are the 7 Grandfather teachings love, humility, truth, bravery, wisdom, respect, honesty. The blue tiles of her shell represent all the fresh lakes, and the black line represents our good soil for growing in North America. The tipi represents the people living amongst all of these things and that we’ve got to take good care of what we were given. Finished Dimensions: 25in x 20in.