Cee Pootoogook _ Lot 07

Dorset Fine Arts

Title: Summer Buzz

About this piece: The caribou is running and leaping trying his best to get rid of the mosquitoes.

Dimensions: 31.4" x 39.6"

Medium: Etching and aquatint

Date: 2017

Pootoogook, is a carver and printmaker from Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU, was born into an artistic family including graphic artist Napachie Pootoogook and printmaker Eegyvudluk Pootoogook. Though beginning his artistic career as a carver, Pootoogook transitioned into printmaking in 2009. Pootoogook’s prints utilize space and balance, while at the same time showcasing his skill as a printmaker in the varied detailed design of his work. Pootoogook creates mesmerizing imagery and brings depth to his pieces often with complex figures in constant states of motion. Analysis of the cycles of nature, the power of shape, and ego. His prints have been featured in the Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection since 2012 and has exhibited his work across Canada, the United States, and Germany.