Northwest Coast
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Split Eagle, Salmon & Father Bear Chief Seat
Don & Trace Yeomans
CA$85,000.00Red Cedar wood, Acrylic paint
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Raven & Frog Totem Pole
Don Yeomans
CA$80,000.00Red Cedar Wood
For inquiries on totem pole commissions, please click here.
Don Yeoman’s Raven & Frog Totem Pole demonstrates the artist’s mastery of cedar wood, particularly in his depth of carving. Yeoman’s decision to leave the pole unpainted serves to utilize a more minimalist approach and highlight the rich beauty of the wood.
Cedar wood is strong, lightweight, and extremely versatile. These qualities lend well to carving, and result in a wood that can be used to create a wide variety of objects.
The Raven is regarded as the Hero, Creator, Transformer, and the most important of all creatures to the coastal First Nations peoples. He is also known as the Trickster because of his wit and sense of humor. His legendary antics were often motivated by insatiable greed, and he loved to tease, to cheat, to woo and to trick. In the oral traditions of the Northwest Coast, Raven is credited with releasing the Sun, and creating the Moon, Stars and the Universe. In Haida culture, Raven is also said to have discovered mankind in a clamshell.
Frogs symbolize new life, good fortune, stability, and communication. They are associated with great wealth and prosperity. As a creature that lives both in water and on land, the Frog is revered for its adaptability, knowledge, and ability to inhabit both natural and supernatural realms. Frogs are the primary spirit helpers of shamans, usually representing the common ground or voice of the people. As a prominent sharer of knowledge, Frog is often shown in artistic depictions as touching its tongue to another figure in an expression of sharing.
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Big Money $$$
Don & Trace Yeomans
CA$50,000.00Acrylic Paint on Board
Unframed
60 x 36 x 1.75″ (each panel)
60 x 72 x 1.75″ (entire diptych)
“The inspiration to do this painting came about from my wife Trace’s desire to have a large, bold, and somewhat modern piece in our dining room. The idea was borrowed from a commission I did for the City of Vancouver in 2010 [street banners that would hang along Granville to 16th Avenue]…
I like this updated version better [than the commissioned design]. It looks less like a stained-glass window and has more movement. Trace and I enjoyed the painting part, as she painted one side and I the other. Her side is no doubt the cleaner painting.” – Don Yeomans -
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Raven & the Moon Bracelet
Don Yeomans
CA$45,000.0018K Yellow Gold, Repoussé, Chased, Engraved
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Killerwhale Panel
Philip Gray
SOLDRed Cedar wood
SOLD – For artist commission inquiries, please contact us at [email protected]
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Bear Bracelet
Don Yeomans
CA$42,000.0020K Yellow Gold, Repoussé, Chased, Stippled & Engraved
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Earth, Sea & Sky Model Pole
Christian White
CA$37,000.00Bronze Cast
Limited edition 1 of 1
Eagle with Human transforming, Killerwhale with Gunarh’s wife, Bear Mother with Twin Cubs (Frogs in ears of Mother) holding Chief
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Eagle Triptych Panels
Don Yeomans
SOLDRed Cedar wood, Acrylic paint
24.5 x 36 x 2″ (each panel)
73.5 x 36 x 2″ (entire triptych)
“This is the second triptych I did for this show, and this time I chose a different approach. One giant figure across three boards. The design is an Eagle, using painted undulating formline. I used blue formline with red secondary, simply because it is one of my favourite colours.” – Don Yeomans
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Killerwhale Triptych Panels
Don Yeomans
CA$36,000.00Red Cedar wood, Acrylic paint
36 x 24.75 x 2″ (each panel)
36 x 74.25 x 2″ (entire triptych)
“I have always loved patterns in design. The goal in this series was to represent a pod of whales in a very traditional colour & design. The biggest challenge for me in this was the absolute [tedium] I experienced having to carve the same design three times.” – Don Yeomans
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C’ixwatin (Eagle) Canoe Bentwood Box
Moy Sutherland
CA$31,000.00Red Cedar wood, Abalone shell, Operculum shell, Acrylic paint
Specific and unique to the Northwest Coast People is the bentwood or bent-corner box or container. A most outstanding item of the First Nations people, it is a made from one single plank of wood through a lengthy steaming process – a method strictly adapted by the coastal peoples.
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Tsonokwa (Wild Woman) Mask
Raymond Shaw
CA$28,500.00Red Cedar wood, Horse hair, Acrylic paint
37 x 25.5 x 11″ (mask only)
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Killerwhale & Eagle Panel
Don Yeomans
CA$26,500.00Red Cedar wood, Acrylic paint
Don Yeomans’ Killerwhale & Eagle Panel is a beautiful and dynamic depiction of two significant and powerful figures in Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous culture. Carved from rich red cedar wood, the panel features a classic red and black color-scheme that is commonly seen in historic northern artworks. The vibrant red, combined with the dynamic expressiveness of the carving, easily captures the attention of all those in its vicinity. With such impeccable detail and fluidity, this artwork serves as a true testament to Don Yeomans’ skill as a master artist.
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Everything Connected Bentwood Box
Steve Smith
CA$25,200.00Red Cedar wood, Acrylic Paint
Currently on display at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel
Specific and unique to the Northwest Coast People is the bentwood or bent-corner box or container. A most outstanding item of the First Nations people, it is a made from one single plank of wood through a lengthy steaming process – a method strictly adapted by the coastal peoples.
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Karmic Frog & Raven Mask
Don Yeomans
CA$24,000.00Alder wood, Acrylic paint
“Frogs have appeared in my work for many years, portrayed as secondary characters accompanying Ravens and Eagles and Bears. Many times, Frogs are depicted in the mouths of the larger character.
In this mask, I again portray a Frog, only this time, he is not the helpless victim of a larger predator. Raven is in fact the meal of choice for this Frog, as I make up for decades of representing the Frog as a secondary figure.” – Don Yeomans
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“Huupulth – Portal to the Spirit Realm” Sun Mask
Moy Sutherland
CA$24,000.00Red Cedar wood, Abalone shell, Horse Hair, Acrylic paint
45 x 41 x 9 (including hair)
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White Dogfish Mask
Don Yeomans
CA$22,000.00Alder wood, Horse hair, Acrylic paint
25 x 13 x 5″ (including hair)
17 x 11 x 5″ (mask only)
“[This mask is] carved from alder wood, decorated with white horse hair, and painted with white acrylic. This is a fairly traditional depiction of a Dogfish – the main difference here is the monochromatic paint job.
If the mask has a lot of strong lines, I feel like less is more when it comes to paint. White as a colour accentuates light and shadow in addition to allowing any mask to look more modern.” – Don Yeomans
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Crooked Beak Mask
Raymond Shaw
CA$20,500.00Red Cedar wood, Cedar bark, Acrylic paint
23 x 11 x 39″ (mask only)
53 x 12 x 42″ (including bark & stand)
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Killerwhale & Hawk Bentwood Bowl
Don Yeomans
CA$20,500.00Yellow Cedar wood (bent & bulged), Operculum shell, Acrylic paint
“These steam-bent boxes are a lot of fun to do. The boards being extra thick lend themselves well to very sculptural carving. I chose to do a Killerwhale nearly twenty years ago, when I first got this box from my late friend, Larry Rosso. The paint and operculum shell inlay evolved to counteract the strong wood grain that wanted to be the star.” – Don Yeomans
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Ancestors Bentwood Box
Sean Whonnock
CA$18,000.00Yellow Cedar wood, Red Cedar wood, Abalone, Operculum shell, Quartz
Specific and unique to the Northwest Coast People is the bentwood or bent-corner box or container. A most outstanding item of the First Nations people, it is a made from one single plank of wood through a lengthy steaming process – a method strictly adapted by the coastal peoples.
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“Birth of an Idea” Panel
Don Yeomans
CA$18,000.00Red Cedar wood, Acrylic paint
“Originally, this panel was a naked yellow cedar board, but I added the white to highlight the undulating formlines, which are easier to see on a monochromatic surface. The main character is basically a mighty mouse, abstracted to convey how ideas emerge from my mind’s eye towards the hands – or in this case, the paw of the mighty mouse. The condensed figure within the eye is an embryonic idea.
Yup, that’s how they all look to me!” – Don Yeomans -
Le Colibrí (Hummingbird) Panel
Don Yeomans
CA$18,000.00Red Cedar wood, Acrylic paint
“My son, who loves France and is fluent in the French language, told me that the colours I used for this Hummingbird reminded him of the French flag. ‘Le Colibri’ is simply the French word for Hummingbird.” – Don Yeomans
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Eagle Bentwood Box
David Boxley
CA$17,800.00Red Cedar wood, Acrylic paint
Specific and unique to the Northwest Coast People is the bentwood or bent-corner box or container. A most outstanding item of the First Nations people, it is a made from one single plank of wood through a lengthy steaming process – a method strictly adapted by the coastal peoples.
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The Chase Bentwood Box
Philip Gray
SOLDRed Cedar wood, Operculum shell, Acrylic paint
SOLD – For artist commission inquiries, please contact us at [email protected]
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Red Killerwhale Panel
Don Yeomans
CA$16,000.00Red Cedar wood, Acrylic paint
“In 1978, I did my first silkscreen print design. It was a red formlined transforming Raven. The people I showed it to said it was not traditional, as most designs have black formline and red fillers. Out of fear, I did a traditional Dogfish and released it together with my so-called radical red Raven.
To this day, red formlines make me a little nervous – but with this Killerwhale being one of my first uses of undulating formline, I needed to be bold. People believe confidence is the absence of fear when it comes to being accepted. In my experience, the fear never leaves, you just keep your nerves to yourself. Maybe that’s why it’s called ‘self-confidence’.” – Don Yeomans
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‘Three Hummingbirds’ Panel
Don Yeomans
CA$16,000.00Red Cedar wood
“Our backyard is a constant swarm of hummingbirds [that] gathers around the feeder. Two hummingbirds can sometimes share, but three birds on one feeder is war.
In this panel design, there are three sections of wings and feet, while the central area has a pinwheel-like arrangement indicating three mouths and beaks. In the very centre is one eye, which, ironically, they share despite battling over one feeder.” – Don Yeomans
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