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Turtle

On a bright green background is traced the silhouette of a turtle in black and red viewed from the top and framed within four points of aim.

By Frank Polson, acrylic on canvas (2016)
MA, musée d’art Collection

…[Frank Polson] underlines that all the lines in his paintings are connected, creating a frame within the image. This way of painting helps him with his own balance in his day to day life. As for the animals, he paints them as symbols of Algonquin spirituality.

Source : Gabrielle Chaumont, «Frank Polson, une source d’espoir et d’inspiration», in Contact, Témiscaming, August 26, 2015.

Frank Polson is an Indigenous artist doing visual arts from art Winneway. His work is known for insisting on animals linked to the earth by a thread.