Patrick Amos
Patrick Amos born on Nootka Island, 1957, located off the west coast of Vancouver Island, member of the Mowachaht Band, of the fourteen member tribes of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nations. Since 1976 Patrick has been designing limited edition prints. In 1979 he began carving wood, apprenticing with Tony Hunt Sr. in Victoria, B.C. Later he apprenticed with Tim Paul at the Royal B.C. Museum carving shed in Victoria, where he assisted with a few totem pole projects. In 1989-1990 he assisted Tim Paul tocarve a 36 foot Hesquiaht totem pole for the Mauri people of New Zealand. The Royal B.C. Museum has several paintings and prints of Patrick’s in their permanent collection. Increasingly Patrick is being commissioned for larger works and he now takes on apprentices of his own to assist with these projects. Patrick is active in his community, giving carving demonstrations at various schools throughout the west coast inspiring artists of the next generation.
In about 1979 I purchased one of Patrick Amos’s prints in Duncan BC. Its titled “Thunderbird and Killer Whale” Box Design 16/500. I’ve very much enjoyed having in my collection. But I’ve never known much about what the design means. How can I find out more about the subject? Sincerely, Kor Kits