Loon, Acrylic on Canvas, 4’x 3'

 Zoee Maxwell lives in London Ontario. Her people hail from the
Mattagami reserve. She has a B.F.A from the Okanagan University
College and a Masters in Spirituality from Naropa University.

Juxtaposing life to her canvas;
nothing is as it is,
 everything is as it seems,
the juice of life; heart and soul of a moment,
square canvas; life of limitations
colour saturation; fullness of being.

Mountain Morning, 21" x 25"

In my artwork, I want to capture a feeling or idea, in order to make a connection with the viewer so that together we can explore the great Native culture and tradition. At one time almost destroyed, Native ways are experiencing a renaissance.

I approach my work with no preconceived ideas or plans. After applying paint on canvas, an image may appear or an idea or feeling may be ignited, which will beckon me to bring it to life. This is an exciting moment in my creative process. The colours, forms and stories unfold and reveal to both my audience and me something new that we did not know before.

My paintings are my response to the strength, splendor, beauty and spirituality that I experience in my culture and traditions.

Limited Edition Print NF0201

Sage Art is the child of Equine Artist Alexandra Joy.

The seed of this child was tossed about late in the 90's, but really took hold when the first calendar was produced in 1999 for 2000. That was a special signed and numbered, limited edition, to commemorate the year.

What started out so small in South-western Ontario has burgeoned into a healthy demanding child with product going into the United States, to Europe and as far

Counting Coup, 48" by 24"

Under the protective bark of the tree, I seek its growth and find my growth, its voice and find my voice, and as I search its grain, I find a voice hiding and discover it is mostly mine. But images in wood have always intrigued me from the time I was very small and looking at faces in furniture; knots that would be eyes, grains that curve into bodies reaching for the sky, finding birds and animals became my daydreaming past time.

Finding my Native ancestry that was hidden for years, was like coming home to a place that was denied, buried under the protective bark of parents. It was then that I gravitated to this media, like a long lost friend and it seems that this is where I would find my truth; inside the tree - inside myself, put here by the Creator.