Haida Spirit - Canoe and Raven by Robert Bateman

 
Haida Spirit by Robert Bateman available from Prickly Pear Galleries.
 
"On a visit to the Queen Charlotte Islands, a Haida elder guided my wife, Birgit and me to a secluded spot on a peaceful bay. There, Bill Reid's canoe sat at a lonely anchorage. Reid was a pioneer who did much to revive the ancient forms of Haida art. It was Reid who directed the hollowing of the 50-foot canoe from a single ancient red cedar according to traditional Haida designs, following their traditional method. The canoe was the first of its kind in almost one hundred years. Powered by 20 Haida paddlers, it made an epic 558-mile journey from Vancouver to Skidegate and truly earned its name, Loo Taa (Wave Eater).
 
"Seeing the canoe was, for me, a kind of spiritual experience. And although there was no raven present on that day, in my mind's eye, I saw one. To the Haida, the raven is a wily trickster-transformer who created the world, and I could see him, hovering over the canoe, perfectly centered." - Robert Bateman.
 
Print released in 1998, Canvas released 2008.
giclee canvas, 180 s/n
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Dimensions: 34" x 24"
Issue Price: $1,195.00
gilcee paper, 350 s/n
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Dimensions: 26.625" x 19"
Issue Price: $465.00
gilcee paper, 28 a/p
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Dimensions: 26.625" x 19"
Issue Price: $558.00

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