1932-
Mary Ashevak Ezekial
Mary began drawing on paper provided by James Houston when she was in her mid- to late twenties. She worked in relative isolation and was unaware that others were drawing at that time. In the same period, she also did some carving—birds and human figures, mainly female.
She stopped drawing around 1963. Making clothing for the sewing project, initiated by Alma Houston in the 1950s, was one of the artistic activities she most enjoyed. She remembers liking it more than any other art that she has done. Her husband, Ashevak (1932-), was a carver, while her son, Palaya (1956-), worked as an etching assistant in the printshop.
Excerpted, with light edits, from Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings by Jean Blodgett and Susan Gustavison, published by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, January 1993.Media: Graphite
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