ROY HENRY VICKERS GALLERY
Back to the Mountain - Remarque #1/5
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Back to the Mountain - Remarque #1/5

Edition Date: March 2010
Artist: Roy Henry Vickers
Medium: Serigraph
Image Size: 19" x 25.5"
Edition Size: 5 Remarques

  • Story


My beautiful family and I moved back to Hazelton in the spring of 2004. It has been a treat to wake up on the banks of the Skeena River among the birch and cottonwood trees. This land of the Skeena is known as the land of the totems. Each totem is a story and represents thousands of years of history. The culture of the people here is full of stories handed down from the ancestors. The stories all tell of a connection to the land of values that have sustained people for thousands of years.

More than 20 years ago, I created a series of limited edition prints with their theme. One of those prints was called Look To The Mountain, and I have been thinking
of going back to that scene and taking another look, something I call re-specting.

I have realsized that we need to get back to the land, to ground ourselves as a people. We have been separated from the land in the aftermath of abuse from the residential schools, as well as the onslaught of technology. The suicide rate has increased to an alarming rate, and people are becoming detached from each other. It is time for a spiritual awakening. A return to the core values that work as well today as they ever have.

The work, Back To The Mountain, calls us to return to the land and ground ourselves in Mother Earth. To walk in the strength, truth, and beauty of who we are.

Story


My beautiful family and I moved back to Hazelton in the spring of 2004. It has been a treat to wake up on the banks of the Skeena River among the birch and cottonwood trees. This land of the Skeena is known as the land of the totems. Each totem is a story and represents thousands of years of history. The culture of the people here is full of stories handed down from the ancestors. The stories all tell of a connection to the land of values that have sustained people for thousands of years.

More than 20 years ago, I created a series of limited edition prints with their theme. One of those prints was called Look To The Mountain, and I have been thinking
of going back to that scene and taking another look, something I call re-specting.

I have realsized that we need to get back to the land, to ground ourselves as a people. We have been separated from the land in the aftermath of abuse from the residential schools, as well as the onslaught of technology. The suicide rate has increased to an alarming rate, and people are becoming detached from each other. It is time for a spiritual awakening. A return to the core values that work as well today as they ever have.

The work, Back To The Mountain, calls us to return to the land and ground ourselves in Mother Earth. To walk in the strength, truth, and beauty of who we are.