Raven Paddle by Victor Michael West, Tlingit and Cree

Raven Paddle, 2012by Victor Michael West, Tlingit and Cree Nationsred cedar, pigment62" long x 9" wide x 1" deep Victor Michael West is of Tlingit and Cree ancestry and currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Victor's life began on a Yukon trap line. Seasonally nomadic, his family travelled consistently, to and from the Yukon and Edmonton and on to Forestburg, with summers on the west coast of Vancouver Island at Toquaht Bay. When his family settled down Victor continued to travel and spent most of his time in the bush, exploring the Kananaskis Valley, the Rocky Mountains and the foot hills. As a young adult he circled back to the Yukon and then to the west coast where he prefers to be. His awareness of his ancestry grew from his experiences during his extensive travels. While preferring red and yellow cedar, Victor works in many different mediums. His work depicts images of Eagle, Raven, Killer Whale, Wolf and others together with smaller Salmon-Trouthead designs. Hi