Crowberries and Arctic Saxifrag, by Padloo Samayualie
Paurngaqutiti and Aupilattunnguat (Crowberries and Arctic Saxifrage)
Padloo creates detailed and thoughtful imagery, depicting subjects both natural and human-created.
In this case, she drew a study of crowberries and the sturdy but endangered purple Arctic saxifrage--one of the first flowers to bloom in the tundra as soon as the snow melts, and the official flower of Nunavut.
2018 Graphite, Colored Pencil, Ink; matted on archival/acid free foam core
Padloo Samayualie, Inuit, Canada