My Favourite Artist

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Have you ever consideredMother Earth to be an artist A shiny rock, the guiding tracks of a bird, a colorful sunset-what beauty do you see on Mother Earth

Award-winning Indigenous author, CBC journalist, and Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan (2021-2023) Carol Rose GoldenEagle brings readers a radiant tribute to the artwork within the everyday. Paired with stunning illustrations by Hawlii Pichette, My Favourite Artist encourages us to share in the simple wonder of nature, and honor the precious magnificence of Mother Earth and all of our relatives.

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Carol Rose GoldenEagle is Cree/Dene with roots in Sandy Bay, northern Saskatchewan. She is a published and award-winning novelist, poet, playwright, visual artist, and musician. She is the author of the award-winning novel Bearskin Diary (2015), Hiraeth, a book of poetry (2018), Bone Black (2019), and Narrows of Fear (2020). In June of 2021, Carol was named as the 2021-2023 Saskatchewan Poet Laureate. In 2022, she was named as a Member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit for her years of cross-cultural work within the Arts & Culture community. Before pursuing her art on a full-time basis, Carol worked as a journalist for more than 30 years in television and radio at APTN, CTV, and CBC. Hawlii Pichetteis a Mushkego Cree (Treaty 9) urban mixed-blood artist and illustrator born and raised in the small community of Cochrane, Ontario. Her work is deeply influenced by her culture and upbringing, and reflects the beautiful interconnections of the natural world. Her practice includes illustrations, digital artwork, painting, murals, and beadwork. Hawlii graduated from Fanshawe Colleges advanced Fine Art program with Honors in 2017, receiving the Satellite Award exhibition. She currentlylives and works as a freelance artist in London, Ontario.