Saul Williams is a painter and graphic artist who was born in North Caribou Lake, Ontario, Canada. He has also lived in Weagamow (1963) and in Sioux Lookout. The three are all within 200 miles of... Read full biography
Saul Williams is a painter and graphic artist who was born in North Caribou Lake, Ontario, Canada. He has also lived in Weagamow (1963) and in Sioux Lookout. The three are all within 200 miles of each other, in north western Ontario, between Thunder Bay and Winnipeg, Manitoba. His mediums are... Read full biography
Saul Williams is a painter and graphic artist who was born in North Caribou Lake, Ontario, Canada. He has also lived in Weagamow (1963) and in Sioux Lookout. The three are all within 200 miles of each other, in north western Ontario, between Thunder Bay and Winnipeg, Manitoba. His mediums are acrylic, silkscreen, watercolor, charcoal, ink, linocut and lithograph. His subjects are myths, legends, symbolism, native spirits, birds, fish and animals. His style is known as Woodland Art. It is... Read full biography
Saul Williams is a painter and graphic artist who was born in North Caribou Lake, Ontario, Canada. He has also lived in Weagamow (1963) and in Sioux Lookout. The three are all within 200 miles of each other, in north western Ontario, between Thunder Bay and Winnipeg, Manitoba. His mediums are acrylic, silkscreen, watercolor, charcoal, ink, linocut and lithograph. His subjects are myths, legends, symbolism, native spirits, birds, fish and animals. His style is known as Woodland Art. It is identified by black outlined figures, x-ray perspectives, vivid colours that are compartmentalized similar to stained glass, and usually a solid color (e.g. white) background. Norval Morrisseau (see AskART) is considered the innovator of the style. It is... Read full biography
Saul Williams is a painter and graphic artist who was born in North Caribou Lake, Ontario, Canada. He has also lived in Weagamow (1963) and in Sioux Lookout. The three are all within 200 miles of each other, in north western Ontario, between Thunder Bay and Winnipeg, Manitoba. His mediums are acrylic, silkscreen, watercolor, charcoal, ink, linocut and lithograph. His subjects are myths, legends, symbolism, native spirits, birds, fish and animals. His style is known as Woodland Art. It is identified by black outlined figures, x-ray perspectives, vivid colours that are compartmentalized similar to stained glass, and usually a solid color (e.g. white) background. Norval Morrisseau (see AskART) is considered the innovator of the style. It is predominantly practiced by members of the First Nations (Indians) of Canada and the U.S.A. in the regions that border th... Read full biography
Saul (John Saul) Williams - Artist Info
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Books & Publications (10)
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Mythologizing Norval Morrisseau: Art and the Colonial Narrative in the Canadian Media
2016
Robertson, Carmen L.
221 pages
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Aboriginal Ontario: Historical Perspectives on the First Nations
1994
Rogers, Edward S. and Donald B. Smith
448 pages
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Woodlands: Contemporary Art of the Anishnabe (Thunder Bay Gallery)
1989
Podedworny, Carol
47 pages (color)
Waabanda-Iwewin: Northwestern Ontario Juried Indian Art Show (Thunder Bay Art Gallery)
1984
McLuhan, Elizabeth and Mary Zoccole
43 pages
Norval Morrisseau and the Emergence of the Image Makers (Art Gallery of Ontario)
1984
McLuhan, Elizabeth and Tom Hill
118 pages (color)
The Sound of the Drum: The Sacred Art of the Anishnabec
1984
Southcott, Beth
222 pages (color)
Last Camp, First Song: Indian Art from Royal Ontario Museum (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Editor, Thunderbay National Exhibition Centre
32 pages (color)
A Selection of Work: Contemporary Indian Art, the Trail from the Past to the Future (Mackenzie Gallery at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)