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Randy P. Smoke Ojibwe Artist of paintings and original prints.
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Randy Smoke is of Anishinaabe descent, was born 1953, and is a member of Alderville First Nation in Central Ontario, Canada. Lifelong traditional influences, combined with ongoing life experiences have inspired his decision to pursue traditional native art and are expressed in his work. Painting with oil allows him to change and move his composition around as he works. While in school he has been experimenting with acrylic paints.
Encouraged by his parents, wife, children and friends, he enrolled in The Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Here he developed lasting friendships with the instructors and Native students from North and South America. As his interests in North American Indians grew, his research expanded and his collection of reference books and knowledge increased. His work represents what he feels is the reality of Anishinaabek history shown in settings of realism. He is often referred to as a modern-day storyteller, rekindling the images of Anishinaabek by painting them with power and emotion, painting them as they are and were.
He is a soft-spoken man and tends to be reticent and slow to initiate a conversation but his eyes become animated when the conversation moves to his favorite subject, First Nations' traditions, culture and environmental issues. He regards himself as having a mission: "To represent First Nation peoples in an honest way, to show their ceremonies and their everyday life, as people who were not always at battle but people who raised children, made love, cooked meals, hunted and fished." Moreover, he has long since acquired a deep interest in learning all that he can about Anishinaabek old ways of life.
Contact
- Duane Schermerhorn
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- Cobourg Ontario
- Canada K9A2S4
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- +1.9053779253
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