While rooted in traditional still life painting
the viewer may feel drawn into her scenes through a sense of time and history
Donna Jo Massie uses watercolours to convey the pure light and altitude of the Rocky Mountain landscape
All of Poitras' work serves as a powerful reminder that language and culture is transient and it must be protected
Drawing from archival-style imagery and postcard photography
WHERE IS THE GRASS? 15 While rooted in traditional stillJane Ash Poitras is one of Canadas most important contemporary Indigenous artists. Her work is immediately recognizable for its layered, symbolic, and deeply narrative style, blending Western contemporary art techniques with Cree cultural knowledge and lived experience. A defining feature of her artwork is complex layering. She combines paint, collage, photographs, text, and found objects. Poitras' works often resemble visual archives, stacked with