Clik here to view.
“Spirit Moon Mask” by Ron Telek
After several months of down payments, we’ve added the first mask to our collection of Northwest Coast art: “Spirit Moon Mask” by Ron Joseph Telek. Telek is a great original – perhaps the great...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ron Telek’s “Transformation Mask: Human to Eagle”
As I go through Northwest Coast galleries and web sites, one of the things I am always looking for are miniatures masks – ones under about eight inches in height. We have several wall areas – mostly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ron Telek’s “Transformation Rattle: Eagle to Wolf”
Ron Telek, the Nisga’a carver, can always be counted on for the unexpected – anything from the disturbingly haunting to the eerily beautiful, and in every form imaginable. I’ve even seen a shaman...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Denying complexity
Ask me to interpret anything – the cause of events, people’s motivations, the symbolism in a novel or a dream – and I usually opt for all the explanations that seem supported. To suggest anything else...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A beaver frontlet by Norman Tait and Lucinda Turner
In January, we missed by hours buying a dragonfly frontlet that Nisga’a master carver Norman Tait and his carving partner Lucinda Turner sold through the Inuit Gallery. The gallery told us that its...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ron Telek’s “Shaman on His Throne of Power”
Earlier this week, we received “Master Shaman on His Throne of Power,” the latest sculpture by Ron Telek. We had been waiting for it since last December, so I consider it an act of supreme will power...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ron Telek, “Coming of the Winter Storm”
Finishing details, a carver once remarked to me, are what makes a mask. Our latest acquisition, Ron Telek’s “Coming of the Winter Storm” is a perfect illustration of this basic truth. Stripped to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lyle Wilson, “Shaman’s World”
With few exceptions, the collecting of Northwest Coast Art did not begin until the 1970s. That means that pieces from those collections are just now starting to appear in estate sales – sometimes at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ron Telek: “The Siren: The Keeper of Drowned Men’s Souls”
Ron Telek is primarily a carver and a sculptor. He has worked in everything from wood and stone to cloth and bone, but most of his work is three-dimensional. Consequently, I was curious to see what...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Every piece of art tells a story
Every piece of art, several collectors have told me, comes with a story. Gradually, as I’ve bought art, I realized that this statement is true, so on my spreadsheet for insurance purposes, I’ve created...
View Article