Feature 10 Works of Mother Love Feb 14, 2020 by William Noah Mother and Daughter (2008) Stonecut and stencil 49.6 x 62.1 cm Courtesy Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. We’ve talked about romantic love in its different facets this week, but so far haven’t touched on familial love. The canon of Inuit art is replete with images of mothers: carrying babies in their amautiit, soothing nightmares, playing in the snow. Slide on into Family Day long weekend this Valentine’s Day with ten works that celebrate mother love: the bond between mother and child. Eli Elijassiapik Mother and Children (c. 2009) Steatite 11 x 7.5 x 5.5 in Courtesy Spirit Wrestler Pitseolak Ashoona Young Mother (1976) Lithograph 16.25 x 19 in Copyright Dorset Fine Arts Omalluk Oshutsiaq Child Playing With Mother’s Necklace (n.d.) Serpentine and beads 9.5 x 4.5 x 6 in Courtesy Spirit Wrestler Reproduced with Permission Dorset Fine Arts Helen Kalvak The Little Hunter (1982) Stonecut 38.5 x 41.5 cm Courtesy Canadian Arctic Producers Billy Gauthier Mother and Child (n.d.) Serpentine and alabaster 11 x 9 x 4 in Courtesy Spirit Wrestler Gallery Germaine Arnaktauyok Quiet Time (2005) Etching and Aquatint 19.5 x 18 in Courtesy Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Michael Massie Nightmares of Amayugyug (n.d.) Anhydrite, bone, ebony, lignum vitae, mahogany and bloodwood 15.5 x 10.75 x 7.75 in Courtesy Spirit Wrestler Gallery Pitaloosie Saila Mother’s Lullaby (1991) Lithograph 65.9 x 66.3 cm Copyright Dorset Fine Arts Mattiusi Iyaituk My Mother Kept Me Warm in Her Amauti (n.d.) Serpentine 10 x 7 x 4.5 in Courtesy Spirit Wrestler Gallery