Feature 10 Works of Motherly Love May 09, 2020 by IAQ William Noah Mother and Daughter (2008) Stonecut and stencil 49.6 x 62.1 cm Courtesy Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. The canon of Inuit art is replete with images of mothers: carrying babies in their amautiit, soothing nightmares, playing in the snow. Mothers play a vital part in the lives of their children, even when they're all grown up. Today, we celebrate mother love: this powerful 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