Pintail Original Artwork

Garnet Tobacco is a Cree artist, originally from Manitoba. He was heavily influenced by his artist mentor, Isaac Bignell. Garnet’s work does appear in galleries, but he also sells from the street, which is how he became a part of Indian Art from The Edge. His dramatic, almost dreamlike pieces are created using sponges – the small ones on stick handles used for edging in house or room painting. First, he outlines the work, makes a “template,” and then builds up the colors he needs, leaving the white spaces, and then using narrow paint brushes to extend the image in sweeping lines. The style is more akin to other Aboriginal/Indian artists of the east, such as Norval Morrisseau.

Newly Framed and matted/non glare glass

Garnet Tobacco

Gender: Male

Style: Woodland  

Community: Anishinaabe  

Art Type: Painting  

Collection: 1992 (0ne Owner purchased at the Hyatt Regency Hotel 1992)

Medium: Original acrylic painting on white rag paper  

Edition: Original Painting