I interpreted photographs of Pacific Northwest Coast Art pieces, as well as hand-drawn illustrations by Bill Holm, and then translated those formline designs into digital color images with consideration given to each artist’s style and tribe. This was for the Burke Museum's 50th anniversary edition of Bill Holm's “Northwest Coast Indian Art, An Analysis of Form.”
This book is a foundational reference on northern Northwest Coast Native art. Through his careful studies, Bill Holm described this visual language using new terminology that has become part of the established vocabulary that allows us to talk about works like these and understand changes in style both through time and between individual artists' styles.
The 50th anniversary edition of this classic work on the art of Northwest Coast Indians now offers color illustrations for a new generation of readers along with reflections from contemporary Northwest Coast artists about the impact of this book.
