6" Dancing Bear by Tony Oqutaq painting Released in the 2012 Cape

Released in the 2012 Cape Dorset Prints collection

in the dead of winter”

Here are some “petit” carvings by Pits Qimirpik which were part of a recent

Loondance Gallery/Galerie L'envol Du Huart

The scene is simple but potent

6" Dancing Bear by Tony Oqutaq painting Released in the 2012 CapeInuit art: Dancing Bear Inuit Artist: Tony Oqutaq Size: 6" high, 3" wide Community: Cape Dorset, NU Stone: Serpentine id: jl 18476dbjy This brilliant dark stone gives this piece prominence and bravado. Oqutaq's love of the animal shines through both in his art and his words. Rather than carving realistic replicas of bears, this artist chooses to capture the animal's essence; its bearlike character. Oqutaqs bears almost always stand or 'dance' on one