Medium: Stonecut & Stencil  - (about the technique)
The artwork is signed, titled and numbered - additionally stamped with the 'igloo' sign. This stamp is the symbol of the Kinngait studio where the artwork was made.
Created in 2013
Artwork size:  24.4" x 30.8" (62 x 78.3 cm)
Edition: 50
Certificate of Authenticity is included.

About the artist: 
Tim Pitsiulak (1967-2016)

I am a hunter and I know the land and animals of the north. I am particularly inspired by the bowhead whale, because nobody really knows much about them. My inspiration to be an artist comes from my aunt, Kenojuak Ashevak, because she is the oldest and the best.

- Tim Pitsiulak

© William Ritchie

Tim Pitsiulak was drawn to the arts and various forms of artistic expression for many years. He started to draw as a young boy and later took up carving as well. He also participated in jewellery-making workshops offered in Iqaluit.

Born in Kimmirut (Lake Harbour) in 1967 to Napachie and Timila Pitsiulak, Tim lived in Cape Dorset for several years and enjoyed working in the lithography studio with visiting arts advisor, Bill Ritchie. The land and its wildlife were initially the primary influences on Tim’s realist drawing style. More recently, he became a chronicler of the everyday, drawing large format, meticulously detailed depictions of boats, heavy equipment and airplanes – the machinery of modern life in Cape Dorset.

Tim was a hunter and his respect for the natural world and its wildlife is fundamental to his artistic sensibility. Tim was particularly inspired by the whales that frequent the cold, Arctic waters — the beluga and the bowhead — because, as he said, nobody really knows much about them. The bowhead in particular is a majestic and mysterious creature, and frequently he would embellish his drawings of these animals with ‘tattoos’ of ancient artifacts.

His artistic career was featured in the 2012 summer issue of The Walrus magazine, and in 2013 he attended a very productive printmaking workshop at New Leaf Studios in Vancouver. Tim continues to attract an avid following for his large naturalist drawings of Arctic wildlife.