Winter Spirit Wolf and Grandmother Moon

Title: B'boon Manidoo Ma'iingan minwaa Nokomis Giizis or Winter Spirit Wolf and Grandmother Moon

I painted this when I found out my Cousin had Cancer and did not have long to live.  The grief I felt at learning of his diagnosis. All the memories of our shared childhood running through our town with all the other Cousins, like a pack. I know he will be sorely missed by all of us.

For me this painting encapsulates the call of the wolf pack (our Cousins) signalling our grief at losing one of our own. Our grief is being understood by the Winter Spirit B'Boon and is echoed in the sky with a show of the Northern lights in the shape of a wolf. All is being watched over by Nokomis Giizis, who has seen and heard our grief.