Roy Thomas

Artville Contemporary Artist Of The Day 
Roy Thomas. 
Title: We're all in the Same Boat, 
Year: 1984,
Medium: acrylic on canvas, 
Size:122 x 228 cm,
private collection.

Anishinaabe painter Roy Thomas was one of the most influential aboriginal artists in Canada, and was famous for paintings of colourful totemic animals. Like Norval Morrisseau, he became well known when aboriginal art gained mainstream popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
He grew up in the Longlac reservation in northern Ontario, and like other Native youth of his generation was forced to attend a religious residential school. His distinctive style can be seen in the art of younger aboriginal artists, many of whom he had mentored.
courtesy:wikipedia

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