Visual Arts
Peter Pelchat
Chisasibi under a low sky

A typical scene of my hometown Chisasibi, Quebec. One tepee surrounded by houses under a cloudy sky.
Chisasibi under a low sky
Peter Pelchat, 2001
Watercolour, 12 x 15"
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Chisasibi under a low sky

“All the houses in Chisasibi are similar and therefore a challenge to paint a scene of the village. Here i simply wanted to capture the silence that i saw that morning when i saw that particular scene near my mother's house. the dark sky acts as a “foreshadow” of something that is about to happen, but what? Judgement maybe...”

P. Pelchat