Norval Morrisseau Art Statement
Beaver
I chose a beaver for the Canadian Federal Government because a beaver is Canada’s national animal. For European traders, the main attraction of North America was the beaver pelt, fur hats were the height of fashion in Canada in late 1600s and early 1700s. The Hudson Bay company, placed beavers on shields of it coats of arms, A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design. A coin was made that was equal to the value as a beaver pelt. My beaver is red because our new government is Liberal and their color is red! Red is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love. Beavers are always busy they turn their talents to reengineering the landscape like many other …show more content…
I placed the beaver in the middle because it’s the biggest government and have to take care of the whole country so they are involved with the other levels of government, even though they deal with different things. The federal government is in charge of defence, criminal law, employment insurance, postal service, copyrights, trade regulation, external relations, money and banking, transportation, citizenship, and Indian affairs. As I was creating this I put a dollar sign $ for money and banking I put a hauling car for postal services and a envelope for that too, I put handcuffs for criminal law. I added yellow to the background because it's associated with joy, happiness, intellect, and energy, yellow is my favorite color, but also it makes me happy that I live in a safe country. Canada’s federal government is strong and safe, in other countries like Syria right now, they are not safe because of a civil war and they can’t do anything about it, they are stuck and can’t get away. Now in its fifth year, the Syrian civil war has displaced millions of people. Concern is working with hundreds of thousands of them across three separate countries. More than 300,000 have already
Beaver
I chose a beaver for the Canadian Federal Government because a beaver is Canada’s national animal. For European traders, the main attraction of North America was the beaver pelt, fur hats were the height of fashion in Canada in late 1600s and early 1700s. The Hudson Bay company, placed beavers on shields of it coats of arms, A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design. A coin was made that was equal to the value as a beaver pelt. My beaver is red because our new government is Liberal and their color is red! Red is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love. Beavers are always busy they turn their talents to reengineering the landscape like many other …show more content…
I placed the beaver in the middle because it’s the biggest government and have to take care of the whole country so they are involved with the other levels of government, even though they deal with different things. The federal government is in charge of defence, criminal law, employment insurance, postal service, copyrights, trade regulation, external relations, money and banking, transportation, citizenship, and Indian affairs. As I was creating this I put a dollar sign $ for money and banking I put a hauling car for postal services and a envelope for that too, I put handcuffs for criminal law. I added yellow to the background because it's associated with joy, happiness, intellect, and energy, yellow is my favorite color, but also it makes me happy that I live in a safe country. Canada’s federal government is strong and safe, in other countries like Syria right now, they are not safe because of a civil war and they can’t do anything about it, they are stuck and can’t get away. Now in its fifth year, the Syrian civil war has displaced millions of people. Concern is working with hundreds of thousands of them across three separate countries. More than 300,000 have already