2007 Blake Debassige Original Painting Native Ojibwa Art

Description

Original acrylic painting on canvas by Indigenous artist, Blake Debassige dated 2007 and signed on the front.  It is also titled, one the back, and titled VARIATIONS ON A THEME #2.  The canvas measures 7 inches by 7 inches and the frame measures 12 1/2" inches by 12 1/2 inches and is in excellent condition.    SEE THE OTHER MATCHING ONE I HAVE THAT IS THEME #2 .
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Blake Debassige
is a Native Canadian artist of the M'Chigeeng First Nation,
[1]
born at West Bay on Manitoulin Island in Ontario on June 22, 1956.
[2]
A leading member of the "second generation" of
Ojibwa
artists influenced by Norval Morrisseau, Debassige has broadened the stylistic and thematic range of this group. Debassige's paintings and graphics frequently investigate traditional
Anishabek
teachings about the nature of cosmic order, the cycles of the seasons, the interdependence of animal, plant and human life and the common principles at work in the world's great spiritual systems.
[3]
He frequently relates these themes to highly contemporary problems such as the destruction of the environment, the alienation of native youth and family dysfunction.
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Debassige married the Cree painter Shireley CheeChoo in 1978.