10 January 2015

Young Arctic owl, Nunavut, Canada

Caribou (1977)

Kananginak Pootoogook (1935–2010) was an Inuit artist from Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada. He was involved with drawing and printmaking since the late 1950s. From the beginning he represented Arctic wildlife, often monumental in scale.

Kananginak Pootoogook is especially capable at drawing the many species of birds that frequent the Arctic.


Evening Shadow

Kupanuaq (1975)

Last Caribou

Loon Diving (1995)

Loon in Flight (2008)

Night Call (2005)

Noakaliq (1982)

Resting Caribou

Sign of Summer

Sitjariak (1975)

Sitjariak (1977)

Solitary Bear

Wise Guys

Young Arctic Owl (1976)