Dimensions: 24'x20'x1.5' Acrylic on Canvas.
Painting depicts a Cree family on a winters day, using a horse drawn wooden sled to carry fire wood home.
Note: If you look closely, you will see images of wolves and buffalo painted into the texture on the trees and scenery of the background.
*Michael Lonechild is a Cree, Native-Canadian painter best known for his depictions of historical and present-day Cree culture.
Born in October of 1955 on the White Bear Reservation in Saskatchewan, Canada, Lonechild is self-taught, learning all he knows from books and observing other artists’ work. Lonechild lives and works between Saskatchewan and Alberta.*