Carl Beam
Carl Beam
was born at West Bay on Manitoulin Island, Ontario in 1943. As a young man Carl
Beam found work at a sawmill in British Columbia, where
he found time to paint and create his artwork. Carl Beam enrolled in the
University of Victoria in 1976, graduated with his Bachelor of Fine Arts, and
did his post-graduate work at the University of Alberta. Returning to
Manitoulin Island he taught at the Ojibwa Cultural Foundation. Carl Beam’s
travels took him to New Mexico and Arizona, the South West United States and he
spent several years in Toronto and Peterborough in the mid 1980s.
Carl Beam’s unique artwork combines imagery and
elements of the modern world with symbols and traditions of historic Indian
culture. Carl Beam’s imagery holds the constant context of European and Native
Indian contact, Carl Beam’s art plays on the position of Anishinabe native
principles against Western ideologies; the Anishinabe
world view recognizes the interconnectedness and equality of all living things.
Carl Beam admired wisdom of all kinds and respected all sources of knowledge,
seeking a balance in his own life.
Title: James
Joyce and Cross
Painted: 2002
Medium: Mixed
media on Arches paper
Size: 30"
x 23"
Price: $3495
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Title: Lopez and
Whale
Painted: 2002
Medium: Mixed
media on Arches paper
Size: 30"
x 23"
Price: $3495
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Title: The Way of
the Cross
Painted: 2002
Medium: Mixed
media on Arches paper
Size: 30"
x 23"
Price: SOLD
Title: The
Make-Up of a Bird
Painted: 2002
Medium: Mixed
media on Arches paper
Size: 30"
x 23"
Price: SOLD
Title: Double
Stefani
Painted: 2002
Medium: Mixed
media on Arches paper
Size: 30"
x 23"
Price: SOLD
Title: Beach and Lotteria
Painted: 2000
Medium: Mixed
media on Arches paper
Size: 16"
x 12"
Price: $1650
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Title: Red Cloud
Oglala
Painted: 2000
Medium: Mixed
media on Arches paper
Size: 16"
x 12"
Price: $1650
CDN