Nigel Fox Artworks

I was looking forward to hearing Roy Henry Vickers talk in class today, but unfortunately with the amount of snow that we have been receiving, he was snowed in and couldn’t make it until next month.

There was a huge dump of snow over the weekend, and all over Terrace there are these piles of snow in the middle of the road where the plows just left it.  This is the second time this year that the plows have done this.  This year has been a record for snowfall I think.

It was good to be back in class today as I had a lot to catch up on.  I finished off the two-dimensional painting of my newest paddle design today and there have been a few positive comments already.

Today was the last official day in the business course put on by the Kalum band and community futures. Overall the course has been very helpful and has helped me to run my business better.  The Aboriginal Business and Entrepreneurship Skills Training course was a two week course where participants learned many small business fundamentals.  Four students from Freda Diesing School were chosen to attend.

Marty Eisner, who was the teacher for the class, was quite professional, easy to approach and very informative.  Over all, Marty put together what has been a very inspiring business course.  I am glad that I attended.

www.nigelfoxartworks.com has been upgraded. The website has a blog interface now, making it a lot easier to update. Expect to see more frequent updates, including what is going on in Freda Diesing School right now.

Below is an image of one of my most recent paintings, Blue Raven.  This painting was done as part of the final exercise in the first semester.  The exercise was on “crest” design.  A “crest” is a design representing some sort of animal or human.  Often crests indicate clan membership.  Within the Tsimshian tribe there are four crests: raven, eagle, wolf and killer whale.  Terrace, where Freda Diesing School is located, is on traditional Tsimshian land.

Blue Raven

Geo Mckay, a carver from Terrace, BC, came in and did a presentation for the entrepreneur’s workshop today.  Geo is part owner of the House of Carvers in Terrace.  Geo has been carving for 45 years.  Geo has a manner about him that is very straight forward.  We learned a lot about the business of carving, from marketing to business relationships to payment options.

Geo McKay

Learned about cash flow in entrepreneur’s workshop today.

Finished preliminary paddle template design.

Preliminary Paddle Design on Template