4" Diving Bear Allan SheutiapikInuit art: Diving Bear Inuit Artist: Allan Sheutiapik Size: 4" wide, 3" tall Community: Cape Dorset, NU Stone: Serpentine id: j 67627cge This is a gorgeous and lively diving bear done in a radiant green stone. It caught my eye immediately. I love the open mouth on this bear. It looks like he is laughing. The lime green stone is complex. This is one of Sheutiapik's favourite colours for his bears. This bear looks like he is not only diving. but also

Each of his subjects is a complex character fashioned with a bit of fantasy and irony

Many major art museums have Jonasie's works in their permanent collections:

MUSEUM PIECE

Egeetsiaq Pitseolak

The Inuit have great reverence for this creature

His dancing bears are full of life and movement which is what attracts Inuit art enthusiasts to his works

I was immediately drawn to its exotic energy

Inuit Artist: Joanie Ragee

Paul Bruneau has decided that he will no longer be carving as his profession

This sculpture is modern with a touch of minimalism

Community: Arctic Bay

The artists here have a different culture when it comes to carving