A Time of Change Painting and Photos by Bern Will Brown
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Bern Will Brown has had a life-long interest in painting (his first painting, done when he was a child, hangs in his study at Colville Lake). He received encouragement from A.Y. Jackson when that renowned artist, a member of the Group of Seven, visited Father Brown at his mission at Camsell Portage in northern Saskatchewan in the early 1950s. It wasn’t until he led a more settled life at Colville Lake after establishing the mission there in 1962 that Bern had time to devote to painting as a vocation.

 

1965-1976 | 1978-1983

Bern Will Brown painting in his studio at Colville Lake, 2000

Bern Will Brown painting in his studio at Colville Lake, 2000

(Credit: Photograph courtesy of John Poirier)

 
   

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada