Bear Bentwood Box Acrylic on Canvas at the centre of them

at the centre of them all is feasting and the bestowal of gifts by a host family to their invited guests

This is the prototype for an outdoor lit glass totem pole that Douglas worked on with Don Yeomans (Haida)

In some depictions

featuring his more abstract work

Some oral traditions suggest that Thunderbird preys on Killer Whales and lives in the peaks of the coastal mountains

Bear Bentwood Box Acrylic on Canvas at the centre of themIndigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral