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Artist....Eugene Hunt
Eugene Hunt was born in 1946 in Alert Bay, B.C. Born to
Chief Thomas Hunt and Emma Hunt, he is a member of the Fort Rupert band of the Kwagiulth
nation. In the early 1960's he spent about four years carving at Thunderbird Park, Royal
BC Museum in Victoria, where he learned from Mungo Martin, as well as Henry and Tony Hunt.
He left his artwork for the next twenty-five years which he spent as a commercial
fisherman. Eugene resumed carving in 1987 and also took up painting. In recent years he
has worked with Calvin Hunt, George Hunt Jr., and John Livingston. He presently lives and
works in Victoria, B.C. |
Samples of his work
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"Salmon Bear"
Limited Edition
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"Thunderbird in Moon"
18 x 18" print. 200 prints total created.
Colors - red,blue,black
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"Eagle and Salmon"
Limited edition print
The Eagle is a mythological figure of the Kwagiulth people. It is part of the Sewidi Under
Sea Kingdom. For a full description of this figure's exploits see the recent catalogue for
the exhibition Chiefly Feasts; A.M.N.H., edited by Aldona Jonaitis. The Eagle is also a
family crest figure in some Kwakwaka'wakw vilIages. |
"Sea Eagle and Cod"
16 1/2 x 15"
200 prints in series
Colors -red, grey, black
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