3.5" Happy Dancing Bear by Johnny Papigatook painting but then he began drawing

but then he began drawing and after working as an assistant printmaker for the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative in Cape Dorset

the lines of the bear are so compelling

Dorset ID#: 16-21

Ashoonoo’s art work is featured at a number of local Yellowknife Art galleries and in private and corporate collections across Canada

3.5" Happy Dancing Bear by Johnny Papigatook painting but then he began drawingInuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Johnny Papigatook Size: 3. 25" Tall, 3" Wide, 3" deep Community: Cape Dorset, NU Stone: Serpentine id: dfa 6451N Papigatooks compact creatures have a contemporary connection to art and design. A modern sentiment is echoed in the Dancing bears open posture and in the dynamic colours of the stone. The choice of the electric apple green stone suggests modernity. The deep chocolate stone is perhaps more traditional