Woodland art, a genre of painting, was originated by the First Nations people from northern Ontario and southwestern Manitoba. The woodland style was founded by a man named Norval Morrisseau, an Ojibwe artist from Northern Ontario. His paintings represented traditional oral stories and history, as well as dreams and visions. The art itself is quite distinguishable, including drawings of outlines, x-ray views of animals and humans, and many aboriginal symbols. The colours involved in these paintings are bright and vivid, and reflect the inner reality of inner beings. The Inner Child Healing of the Bear Clan Sweatlodge is a painting by Mark Anthony Jacobson that represents many aspects of the First Nation’s beliefs and spirituality. This painting uses many elements of the woodland style and while representing important aboriginal beliefs such as unity, spiritual healing, and interconnectedness. …show more content…
Such elements include colour, x-ray decoration, circles, and lines of interconnectedness. The colour represents the inner reality of the inner beings of the bear and the two children, being bright, happy, and whole. The x-ray decoration symbolizes how humans and animals are connected to one another, and that we can find personal healing within others. The four circles emphasize the sacredness of the circle in aboriginal culture, as well as four different nations. The lines from the bear to the ground communicate that humans are connected to animals, to each other, and to nature. There are many elements involved in this painting that give it a deep spiritual meaning and correspond to the woodland style of