Limited Edition Print

Artist: Saimaiyu Akesuk
Dorset Fine Arts

Heads up
The geese have their heads up to protect their eggs or chicks from predators.
2024
Stonecut
13.5″x 10.5″ (before frame)
5 Editions out of 50

Saimaiyu Akesuk was born on April 28, 1988 in Iqaluit but she has lived in Cape Dorset her whole life. Her parents are Lau Akesuk and Olayuk Akesuk who was one of the first Members of the Legislative Assembly in Nunavut. Saimaiyu was inspired to start drawing by Ningiukulu Teevee while they were taking a class together at the Nunavut Teaching Education Program. Saimaiyu’s confident drawings of birds and bears are characterized by her bold and dynamic simplicity rendered with soft tenderness and quite often a touch of whimsy.