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Painting by Jonathan Cardinal

A coloured painting of a light blue star, orange-looking moon with colours of the medicine wheel, the earth is shown with a wolf howling, some pink writing on the black background reads: “Grandmother stars connect us from Earth to where we come from.”

Date: 2017. Source: Jonathan Cardinal

Jonathan Cardinal’s inspiration for ‘My Star’ painting came from his grandmother who told him about looking up to the sky to find his own star. Not knowing about the Legend of the Star People, Jonathan painted his spirit animal, the wolverine, along with his star. Later on, he realized it relates to the Cree Star People’s legend.