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Item Name: Painting
Title: Strength from Education
Maker: Simone McLeod
Year: 2004
Country: Canadian
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Measurements: overall: 28 1/2 in x 53 in
ID Number: PC2007.2
Legal Status: PERMANENT COLLECTION
Extended Label Info: Early in her career, Simone McLeod worked in pencil, ink, charcoal and pastel. Her work was representational: images of wildlife and portraits. As she developed her painting style, McLeod became more abstract in her work, using dark outlines to define figures, and bright colours. These elements are stylistically similar to work by Norval Morrisseau and the Woodlands School. This painting, entitled “Strength Through Education”, shows a group of people holding hands in a traditional Round Dance. Above the people are pawprints and a central sun. The sun symbolizes the Creator, providing life to all things. McLeod’s symbolism points to the importance of tradition and culture as the basis for Indigenous learning. Simone McLeod (1962 - ) was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A painter and a poet with a mixed Nakawē Ojibwe Anishinaabe/Anihšināpēk (Saulteaux) and Nêhiyaw (Cree) background she belongs to the Numaii or Maame doodem (Sturgeon Clan) of the Nakawē-Ojibwe Anishinaabeg. (The Anishinaabe peoples, base their system of kinship on clans or totems. The Nakawē-Ojibwe word for clan is doodem, which was borrowed into English as totem. Clans, named after animals, were part of a system of traditional occupations, intertribal relations, and marriages. Today, one’s clan remains an important part of Anishinaabe identity. The group of clans named after fish or Giishkizhigwan, were associated with teaching and healing.) Simone McLeod descends from a long line of Nakawē-Ojibwe Midewiwin healers on both parental sides. Her traditional name is Aki’-egwaniizid, an Ojibwe name. As she explains, “My name is Earth Blanket—all that covers the earth, such as grass, flowers and trees.” Her work has a strong personal philosophy rooted in traditional teachings. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and is held in both private and corporate collections in Canada, the Netherlands, Wales, Austria, France, Greece, South Africa, India, New Zealand, and Japan.
Title: Strength from Education
Maker: Simone McLeod
Year: 2004
Country: Canadian
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Measurements: overall: 28 1/2 in x 53 in
ID Number: PC2007.2
Legal Status: PERMANENT COLLECTION
Extended Label Info: Early in her career, Simone McLeod worked in pencil, ink, charcoal and pastel. Her work was representational: images of wildlife and portraits. As she developed her painting style, McLeod became more abstract in her work, using dark outlines to define figures, and bright colours. These elements are stylistically similar to work by Norval Morrisseau and the Woodlands School. This painting, entitled “Strength Through Education”, shows a group of people holding hands in a traditional Round Dance. Above the people are pawprints and a central sun. The sun symbolizes the Creator, providing life to all things. McLeod’s symbolism points to the importance of tradition and culture as the basis for Indigenous learning. Simone McLeod (1962 - ) was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A painter and a poet with a mixed Nakawē Ojibwe Anishinaabe/Anihšināpēk (Saulteaux) and Nêhiyaw (Cree) background she belongs to the Numaii or Maame doodem (Sturgeon Clan) of the Nakawē-Ojibwe Anishinaabeg. (The Anishinaabe peoples, base their system of kinship on clans or totems. The Nakawē-Ojibwe word for clan is doodem, which was borrowed into English as totem. Clans, named after animals, were part of a system of traditional occupations, intertribal relations, and marriages. Today, one’s clan remains an important part of Anishinaabe identity. The group of clans named after fish or Giishkizhigwan, were associated with teaching and healing.) Simone McLeod descends from a long line of Nakawē-Ojibwe Midewiwin healers on both parental sides. Her traditional name is Aki’-egwaniizid, an Ojibwe name. As she explains, “My name is Earth Blanket—all that covers the earth, such as grass, flowers and trees.” Her work has a strong personal philosophy rooted in traditional teachings. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and is held in both private and corporate collections in Canada, the Netherlands, Wales, Austria, France, Greece, South Africa, India, New Zealand, and Japan.