A generously sized 18 oz mug featuring Migration by Northern Tutchone artist Richard Shorty.
Made from fine bone china, the mug is surprisingly light for its size while still feeling substantial in the hand. Shorty’s signature is printed inside.
Artist's estate receives royalties from sales of this product.
Richard Shorty (1959–2024) was a Northern Tutchone artist from the Kwanlin Dün First Nation in Whitehorse, Yukon. A largely self-taught artist, he began by painting the things that interested him: wildlife, landscapes, rock stars and sports figures. In the early 1980s he began studying Northwest Coast design, first through books and later by learning from other artists after moving to Victoria.
Those two ways of drawing eventually came together in a style that became distinctly his own. Shorty kept the recognizable shape and movement of the animals he had always painted, then brought Northwest Coast forms inside their bodies.
The result is work that can feel both realistic and highly graphic at the same time. He carried that approach across paintings, drums, paddles, masks, rattles and other forms throughout his career
In Migration, Richard Shorty brings hummingbirds, flowers and the natural world together as parts of the same living system. The University of Victoria describes the artwork as symbolizing the interdependency of the elements within the image, where each exists in relationship with the others.
The title adds another layer. Migration is movement, but it is also return and continuation. The birds depend on the world around them, just as that world is shaped by their presence within it.
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