Introducing the First Nations artists behind our collection of Northwest Coast Native art prints
Richard Hunt is a Kwakwaka’wakw artist from coastal British Columbia. He comes from a renowned family of artists, including his father, Henry Hunt, and his grandfather, Mungo Martin. He is widely recognized as one of the leading contemporary Northwest Coast artists. Born in 1951 in Alert Bay, he later moved...
William Cook is a Kwakwaka’wakw artist from Alert Bay, BC. He comes from a family of artists: his brother is well known Kwakwaka’wakw artist Rande Cook, and his niece is Jazmine McCrimmon-Cook. Early in his career, William received training from his grandfather Gus Matilpi, and Kwakwaka’wakw artist Francis Dick. At...
William Wasden Jr., Wak̕analagalis (“The River Flows Through Him Forever”), was born in ʼYa̱lis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, on October 14, 1967. Chief T̕sesti’lela Wa’kas Simon Dick introduced him to basic art at a young age. At 12, he joined Chief and Master Carver Douglas Cranmer’s classes in Alert Bay....