A Nootka carver, graphic artist, and painter residing on the Ahaswinis Reserve on
Barclay Sound where he was born in 1948, Ron Hamilton has made a vital contribution
to the preservation and continuation of threatened Nootka art and design. The nephew
of George Clutesi, Hamilton apprenticed with renowned carver Henry Hunt. A fisherman
by trade, Hamilton works in Campbell River slate, wood, silver, gold, and ivory,
employing the sea serpent as a characteristic motif.
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Opetchesaht
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Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.
