Saskatchewan-Land of Rivers 

The Green Mountain that Ronald found refuge and the great hero Cuchullin whose car was as Nature itself, these gave the blast that I am clan Morrison. The waft of hair spray and the ancient coldness of a snow setting declare me an artist. Roy Rogers was my first introduction to Saskatchewan. I knew someone from there who said it was big as Texas. The name means the river that flows swiftly. Its claim to fame is i its fight for Irish independence in the 1880’s. When the railroad came it made it the wealthiest province. I am bound to a weird land.

Saskatchewan has a very special mythology. The lake behind everything is Candle Lake which is called that is the Native once candle on the far north end at night when no one was there. The bridge over the lake is sky trail the longest pedestrian bridge in North America at 3,000 foot span. The weird horse in the water is the Turtle Lake Monster which residents have said is a large sturgeon. The “Pool” grain elevator which operated until the 1970’s is in Bent one of the provinces many ghost towns. Everything rests on the Flag of Saskatchewan which was designed by an Englishmen who barley lived in the province and made it with construction paper the tommy gun is for the Tunnels of Moose Jaw where booze were sunk into the US. The Mounty  is for the RCMP Heritage center in Regina ironically run by a nongovernmental organisation. It is 9” x 12,” drawn with pencil and charcoal and completed recently.  

The name of this piece is Russian Girl, is 5”x8” and drawn with pastel on cardboard recently. Recently America does not like Russia. I find that the card bored extenuates the skin color and shadow. If you are interested in buying this or any other of my work email me at MatthewMorrison76@gmail.com to order.

Yukon-Goldrush

The sharpness of the of the Claymore’s great blade and MacPhee’s black dog that saved him from the mermaid howl that I am Clan Morrison. The strong, bold colors by shades of black in sumie and the bright powder of pastel sing that I am an artist. The Yukon Territory has been given the last identity of the west. Ironically, the Yukon is confused with Alaska even after “Sergeant Peston of the Yukon.” The area way said to be the final resting place of Sir Franklin in his search for the Northwest Passage. Twenty years after that a Hudson Bay Company came to the territory.  In 1886, gold was discovered on the Rabbit River. This drove thousands of Americans over the frozen Rockies of which many died on the trail. The gold rush lasted until the 1920’s. The Alaskan Highway moved the capital to Whitehorse from Dawson. The Yukon is still into mining.  In the 1970’s, the first nations got legal deeds too their lands.  My Fist dog was black.

The Yukon has a special mythology with such as the poem the “Cremation of Sam MacGee.”The mountain behind everything is from Ni’iinlii Njik (Fishing Branch) Territorial Park which is the largest territorial park in the Yukon. The old hotel is for Dawson, the origin of the gold strike which was once called the “Paris of the North” which now has only a few thousand residents. The sign on the back of the hotel in the “Whitehorse Inn sign” in the MacBride Museum of Yukon History which was built in the 1950’s to preserve the history. Everything rests on the deck of Takini Hot Springs which started in 1907 and had three owners. The weird sign is Sign Post Forest which is started from the construction of the Alaska Highway. The steam boat is the Klondike II which ran freight on the Yukon River until 1950. The hut is from Trondek Hwechin Cultural Centre of the Champagne Aishihik First Nations.  It is 9” x 12,” drawn with pencil and charcoal and completed recently.   If you are interested in buying this or any other of my work email me at MatthewMorrison76@gmail.com to order.