Blake Shaa’koon Lepine | Emotional Rise and Fall
Blake Shaa’koon Lepine
Emotional Rise and Fall
EDGE GALLERY
March 1 - 30, 2024
Opening Reception: March 1, 5-7pm
The winter starves me of fire, pushes my energy inwards to preserve that inner fire for the warmer months. How I long for the warmth of summer in the depths of this frigid cold, and this longing pushes me to feed that inner fire. I work to keep it burning bright even during the emotional rise and fall of those long dark days, as I dream of warmer days and shorter nights.
BLAKE SHAA’KOON LEPINE
Blake Lepine, or Shaá’koon, was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon. He is of Tlingit, Han, Cree and Scottish descent and grew up with the Tlingit culture. Blake is inspired by the old designs from carving books his mother had. Over the years, Blake has practiced and perfected his own stylized form and interpretation of this art while adhering to the traditional foundations. This gives a modern voice to an ancient art, but also carries it into modern mediums other than the traditional forms of carving and painting of his ancestors. Blake has also worked with silkscreen, design, beadwork, textile work, sewing and painted leather, collage, block printing and watercolour. Through these mediums Blake has found a way of expressing his everyday experiences and life lessons through this art.
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