George Littlechild: The Spirit Giggles Within - Tapa dura

"[Littlechild] tends to celebrate the courage, perseverance, and beauty of his people while educating readers in a gentle direct way about the past. . . . Perhaps the most emphatic aspect of Littlechild's work is its vibrancy. Images spring off the page in a fabulous concoction of colour. . . . The pictures can appear deceptively simple, but time spent looking at them and then reading the brief commentary opens up the richness that is Littlechild's synthesis of imagination and reality." --Candace Fertine, theCoastal Spectator

"Littlechild's magical colour, thought-provoking images and commentary provide insight into his personal symbolism, which somehow transforms his story into everyone's story." --Sherry Farrell Racette, Artist, Timiskaming First Nation

-- (10/01/2012)

"Like the ceremonial unwrapping of a sacred medicine bundle, this salient retrospective of masterworks is clearly George Littlechild's master narrative . . . a rare autobiographical gaze into the artist's private and public space." --Barry Ace, Artist, Michigiwadinong First Nation

-- (10/01/2012)

"George Littlechild paints with light and butterfly medicine. This retrospective showcases the brilliance, beauty and grace of his work." --Richard Van Camp, author of A Man Called Raven

-- (10/01/2012)

"Now, in the artist's own words, we have an articulate description of these varied subjects and his very personal relationship to them. . . . In this book, a number of digital images--computer-made collages--extend his take on half-breed culture in a new direction. He's an artist with something to say, and uses every means to say it." --Robert Amos, Times Colonist

-- (11/10/2012)