Caribou/Deer Skin Paintings

Aakatchaq begins with a raw hide, the hair still attached to the skin, and through a weeklong process, removes the hair and the membrane of the flesh side. Using traditional tools and methods to scrape the skin as well as to remove the hair, she turns out a unique and beautiful product to incorporate in her painting.

Amouluq One, acrylic pastel on caribou skin, caribou hair & handmade Thai paper

My First Tutu, acrylic on caribou skin




At Peace, acrylic on caribou skin

Untitled Woman, acrylic on canvas, deer skin from Klukwan, Alaska

One That Follows, caribou skin w/ gesso on back with an etched image of a woman

Nolaq Looking Back, acrylic on canvas, caribou skin