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Ken Lisbourne

An Inupiaq artist from Point Hope, Ken Lisbourne is married to Iva Lisbourne, a respected doll maker.

In the 1890s, Eskimos in northwestern Alaska were introduced to paper, watercolors, crayons and pencils by teachers from mission and government schools.  The drawings produced as a consequence of this cultural fusion derive from the aboriginal traditions of pictographs, petroglyphs ("rock art") and scrimshaw.

In the 20th century many native artists who, in centuries past, would have drawn in snow or incised hunt tallies or calendars on bone, have adopted mediums such as reindeer skin, paper and canvas.

While most native artists learned primarily from relatives, Ken Lisbourne thinks to be technically schooled in fine arts and Native arts was also vital to his profession as a Native artist.  Ken works in both watercolor and colored pencil on paper.

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Blanket Toss Open edition print Image size 12x16 $90	Butchering the Bow Head Whale Open edition print Image size 12x16 $90	Duck Hunting Open edition print Image size 14x18.5 $90	Eskimo Dance Open edition print Image size 12x16 $90
Harpooning the Bow Head Whale Open edition print Image size 12x16 $90	Picking Driftwood Open edition print Image size 14x18.5 $90	Summer Camp Open edition print Image size 14x18.5 $90	Temporarily out of Stock Walrus Hunt Open edition print Image size 14x18.5 $90

These are the available prints and originals in our inventory.  Please call or email for information and availability of other prints by this artist.

Last Updated 01/27/2012