{"product_id":"white-floral-garden-canvas-pouch-jim-oskineegish","title":"White Floral Garden Canvas Pouch | Jim Oskineegish","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eA canvas pouch featuring \u003cem\u003eFloral Garden\u003c\/em\u003e by Ojibway artist Jim Oskineegish.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFully lined and finished with a zipper closure and sturdy wrist strap, this compact pouch keeps cosmetics, art supplies, travel essentials and other small items organized. The vivid floral artwork continues onto the coordinating strap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist receives royalties from sales of this product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdl class=\"accordion\"\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003ca href=\"#\"\u003e \u003csmall class=\"right\"\u003e+\u003c\/small\u003e About the Artist \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eJim Oskineegish is an Ojibway artist and member of Eabametoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario. His connection to art began early, during a childhood marked by separation from his family. A Sixties Scoop survivor, Oskineegish was removed from his home at the age of five and grew up in foster care. Drawing became a way to express himself long before art became his profession.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eOskineegish initially worked in Surrealism, but as an adult began reconnecting more deeply with his Anishinaabe identity and turned toward the Woodland tradition. Around 2005, he sent three of his early Woodland paintings to Norval Morrisseau, the Anishinaabe artist who founded the Woodland School. Morrisseau encouraged him to continue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWoodland art uses bold outlines, vivid areas of colour and forms within forms to make relationships, stories and spiritual ideas visible. Oskineegish has developed that visual language in his own way, drawing on the legends and stories of his people while also bringing elements of Surrealism and contemporary culture into his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eFor Oskineegish, art is ultimately about connection. He wants his work to share Anishinaabe culture while reaching people through ideas of love, faith and unity. As he puts it, \u003cstrong\u003e“I want to promote positive Ahnisnabae culture to the world.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003ca href=\"#\"\u003e \u003csmall class=\"right\"\u003e+\u003c\/small\u003e Behind the Artwork \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eJim Oskineegish describes his paintings as \u003cstrong\u003emedicine art\u003c\/strong\u003e that teaches good relationships - with one another, with culture and with the living world. In \u003cem\u003eFloral Garden\u003c\/em\u003e, that relationship is expressed through a world shared by birds, a butterfly, flowering plants and berries.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo single figure is allowed to stand apart as the subject. The birds turn toward the flowers, the butterfly occupies the same growing space, and the branches continue between them. The artwork presents animal and plant life as participants in one living environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis matters within Oskineegish’s broader practice. \u003cbr\u003eHis paintings do not treat nature as a background to human life. Here, the flowers, berries, birds and butterfly form a complete living system: the plants offer food and habitat, while the animals help the garden continue through pollination and the movement of seeds. The image becomes a lesson in reciprocity - life continues because each part gives something to the others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003ca href=\"#\"\u003e \u003csmall class=\"right\"\u003e+\u003c\/small\u003e Product Details \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e Floral Garden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e Jim Oskineegish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAffiliation:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e Ojibway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e 9.1\" W x 6.9\" H\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e Canvas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetail:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e Fully lined\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClosure:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e Zipper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoyalties:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e Artist receives royalties from sales of this product.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003ca href=\"#\"\u003e \u003csmall class=\"right\"\u003e+\u003c\/small\u003e Shipping Options \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eGround shipping in USA and Canada: US$12.95 \u003cbr\u003eFaster services and international shipping calculated at checkout.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003ca href=\"#\"\u003e \u003csmall class=\"right\"\u003e+\u003c\/small\u003e Returns \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eIf you’re not happy with the item you received you may return it within 2 weeks after delivery. 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