Raelene

1999

First Nations, Kwakwaka'wakw, Dzwada'enuxw, born 1959

I noticed you from afar, always standing outside of my periphery, the most amazing beauty, so quickly I would turn away. Your eyes most haunting, calling to me, so familiar from lifetimes ago. Who are you? And why do I remember you … The calling is closer and the whispers clearer, I am so drawn to you. And when we meet, without thought I listen, watch and inhale your place where you breathe from, and I am so indescribably moved inside myself from a place that has not ever been touched. Only through the highest honour that I know, I knew that I had to paint the way I feel, my love, my fascination, my appreciation, my gratitude that you are you and I was able to listen.
— Francis Dick

Silkscreen print

24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7cm)

Gift of Simon Ottenberg

2014.4.7

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Collects Northwest Coast Native Art, Feb. 12, - May 17, 2015.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Indigenous Matrix: Northwest Women Printmakers, June 15 - Dec. 11, 2022.

Published ReferencesPierce, Jerald. "These 5 exhibitions are worth exploring during Native American Heritage Month." The Seattle Times, Weekend Plus, Oct. 28, 2022: pp. 5-6, reproduced.

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