Morning Swim by Shaun Peterson, Puyallup Nation

Morning Swim, 2009by Shaun Peterson, Puyallup NationInk on archival paper, edition 31/10013" high x 15" wide Shaun Peterson was born in Puyallup, Washington in 1975 and is a member of the Puyallup Tribe of the Salish peoples. Shaun's work is culturally based in the ancient tradition of the Salish speaking tribal groups that cover a majority of western Washington and parts of Southern British Columbia. In Shaun's introduction to the Northwest Coast Native art discipline he worked with a select group of artists skilled in their field of expertise including Haida artist Bruce Cook III, Steve Brown, Makah artist Greg Colfax and Loren White. Working with these individuals, Shaun was able to learn a great deal about the variety of styles that define the different cultural groups through the art itself. In his quest to understand the defining artistic features of his own cultural group, he found there was minimal documentation readily available on Salish art. This inspired Shaun to began rigo