ORIGINAL ARTWORK SIGNED & SHIPPED BY ARTIST COLLEEN GRAY

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Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada 

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Framed Originals

Remembers Fire
Remembers Fire
Remembers Fire Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Remembers Fire
Remembers Fire Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Fire and Water Sisters
Fire and Water Sisters
Fire and Water Sisters Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Fire and Water Sisters
Fire and Water Sisters Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Day After the Wedding
Day After the Wedding
Day After the Wedding Colleen Gray $350.00 CAD $350.00 CAD
Day After the Wedding
Day After the Wedding Colleen Gray $350.00 CAD $350.00 CAD
Once Upon a Time on the Canadian Shield
Once Upon a Time on the Canadian Shield
Once Upon a Time on the Canadian Shield Colleen Gray $220.00 CAD $220.00 CAD
Once Upon a Time on the Canadian Shield
Once Upon a Time on the Canadian Shield Colleen Gray $220.00 CAD $220.00 CAD
Precambrian Shield Dance
Precambrian Shield Dance
Precambrian Shield Dance Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Precambrian Shield Dance
Precambrian Shield Dance Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
The Fork in Their Tongues
The Fork in Their Tongues
The Fork in Their Tongues Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
The Fork in Their Tongues
The Fork in Their Tongues Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
The Last Supper
The Last Supper
The Last Supper Colleen Gray $425.00 CAD $425.00 CAD
The Last Supper
The Last Supper Colleen Gray $425.00 CAD $425.00 CAD
Curious by Nature
Curious by Nature
Curious by Nature Colleen Gray $395.00 CAD $395.00 CAD
Curious by Nature
Curious by Nature Colleen Gray $395.00 CAD $395.00 CAD
Custer’s Saddle
Custer’s Saddle
Custer’s Saddle Colleen Gray $75.00 CAD $75.00 CAD
Custer’s Saddle
Custer’s Saddle Colleen Gray $75.00 CAD $75.00 CAD
Fragments
Fragments
Fragments Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Fragments
Fragments Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Old Man Dreams
Old Man Dreams – Framed Original - 16x20 Ground Mineral Watercolour on Synthetic Paper with Acrylic Pen. Story: An old man sleeps. He walks into the Dreamtime greeting old friends long past. He listens to spirit stories, and drinks cedar tea, muttering his agreement through his slumber. He breathes out, breathes in. He enters the silence as the Earth whispers his name and welcomes him home. Original Artwork, signed by Colleen Gray.
Old Man Dreams
Old Man Dreams Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Old Man Dreams
Old Man Dreams Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Old Woman Dreams
Old Woman Dreams – Framed Original - 16x20 Ground Mineral Watercolour on Synthetic Paper with Acrylic Pen. Story: An old woman dreams. The Spirits of the Dreamtime are gifted with gossamer memories of cooking fires, running children, and wild flowers. She is a young Grandmother with visions in her dreams. As she wakens, the Spirits breathe into her hair, gifting her with peaceful visions of the people who live in her beautiful heart. The world is good when we are dreaming of love. Artist Colleen Gray.
Old Woman Dreams
Old Woman Dreams Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Old Woman Dreams
Old Woman Dreams Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
The Birch Bark Woman
The Birch Bark Woman – Framed Original - 16x20 Ground Mineral Watercolour on Synthetic Paper, India ink. by Metis Artist Colleen Gray Indigenous Canadian Art Work. A woman is depicted merged with birch tree.
The Birch Bark Woman – Framed Original - 16x20 Ground Mineral Watercolour on Synthetic Paper, India ink. by Metis Artist Colleen Gray Indigenous Canadian Art Work. A woman is depicted merged with birch tree.
The Birch Bark Woman
The Birch Bark Woman Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
The Birch Bark Woman
The Birch Bark Woman Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
7 Grandfather Teachings
Ethereal atmosphere shows the representatives of the 7 Grandfather Teachings. An Eagle is flying, a bear is standing next to the moon, a Sasquatch is on the side of the mountain, a wolf is howling near the water, the buffalo is standing on a hill near the water, a turtle is swimming up to the shore and a beaver stands next to a tree near the water. In the centre is a figure who is instructing the creatures about which teaching they will represent. The colours are pale purple, blue and shades of brown.
7 Grandfather Teachings
7 Grandfather Teachings Colleen Gray $675.00 CAD $675.00 CAD
7 Grandfather Teachings
7 Grandfather Teachings Colleen Gray $675.00 CAD $675.00 CAD
Blue Thunderbird Prayers
Blue Thunderbird Prayers - FRAMED ORIGINAL - 16x20 Ground Mineral Watercolour on Synthetic Paper with Acrylic Pen. Story: The troubles were many. The prayers would have to be Thunderbird prayers. They called with sparking thunder rattles and ancient songs. They offered meat and tobacco. And from somewhere far, a slow rumble announced their arrival. The clouds were blue. Original Artwork, signed by Colleen Gray.
Blue Thunderbird Prayers
Blue Thunderbird Prayers Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Blue Thunderbird Prayers
Blue Thunderbird Prayers Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Poles
Poles
Poles Colleen Gray $275.00 CAD $275.00 CAD
Poles
Poles Colleen Gray $275.00 CAD $275.00 CAD
Four Messengers
Four Messengers
Four Messengers Colleen Gray $275.00 CAD $275.00 CAD
Four Messengers
Four Messengers Colleen Gray $275.00 CAD $275.00 CAD
The Fishing Camp
The Fishing Camp
The Fishing Camp Colleen Gray $275.00 CAD $275.00 CAD
The Fishing Camp
The Fishing Camp Colleen Gray $275.00 CAD $275.00 CAD
Tawa
Tawa
Tawa Colleen Gray $275.00 CAD $275.00 CAD
Tawa
Tawa Colleen Gray $275.00 CAD $275.00 CAD
The Story Tree
The Story Tree
The Story Tree Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
The Story Tree
The Story Tree Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Ancient Bones
Ancient Bones
Ancient Bones Colleen Gray $625.00 CAD $625.00 CAD
Ancient Bones
Ancient Bones Colleen Gray $625.00 CAD $625.00 CAD
Coming Home
Coming Home - Framed Original - 12x18 Watercolour and Ground Mineral Watercolor on Synthetic Paper.Story: A Warrior has died. The ghosts of the Standing Ones lift him to the Sky People and the journey home begins. Grandfather Sun welcomes and warms the Warrior on his journey, and whispers of the good deeds that have been recorded in his name by the Sky People. Framed original, signed by Colleen Gray.
Coming Home - Framed Original - 12x18 Watercolour and Ground Mineral Watercolor on Synthetic Paper.Story: A Warrior has died. The ghosts of the Standing Ones lift him to the Sky People and the journey home begins. Grandfather Sun welcomes and warms the Warrior on his journey, and whispers of the good deeds that have been recorded in his name by the Sky People. Framed original, signed by Colleen Gray.
Coming Home
Coming Home Colleen Gray $425.00 CAD $425.00 CAD
Coming Home
Coming Home Colleen Gray $425.00 CAD $425.00 CAD
Dark Cloud's Pony
Dark Cloud's Pony - Framed Original - 12x18 Watercolour and Ground Mineral Watercolor on Synthetic Paper.Story: As a young man, Dark Cloud could always whisper the horses. The Sky Horse Spirits would tease him sending him vanishing ponies to catch. After many years he caught a vanishing pony. Once a sky pony touched Mother Earth he could not lift himself back to the Sky Nation unless his spirit was released through tobacco or, if he was tasked with bringing a spirit home.
Dark Cloud's Pony - Framed Original - 12x18 Watercolour and Ground Mineral Watercolor on Synthetic Paper.Story: As a young man, Dark Cloud could always whisper the horses. The Sky Horse Spirits would tease him sending him vanishing ponies to catch. After many years he caught a vanishing pony. Once a sky pony touched Mother Earth he could not lift himself back to the Sky Nation unless his spirit was released through tobacco or, if he was tasked with bringing a spirit home.
Dark Cloud's Pony
Dark Cloud's Pony Colleen Gray $325.00 CAD $325.00 CAD
Dark Cloud's Pony
Dark Cloud's Pony Colleen Gray $325.00 CAD $325.00 CAD
All Relatives Welcome
Story: The sweatlodge is a sacred place, a ceremonial place where all are welcomed. The Creator's spirit helpers see all good prayers and do not concern themselves about how we identify ourselves. We are all pitiful, all equal and all beautiful. How we live a good life, honor our teachings, and how we care for all living things is what they see. It's all we should see too. Framed original, signed by Colleen Gray. Ground mineral watercolour on synthetic paper with acrylic pen.
Story: The sweatlodge is a sacred place, a ceremonial place where all are welcomed. The Creator's spirit helpers see all good prayers and do not concern themselves about how we identify ourselves. We are all pitiful, all equal and all beautiful. How we live a good life, honor our teachings, and how we care for all living things is what they see. It's all we should see too. Framed original, signed by Colleen Gray. Ground mineral watercolour on synthetic paper with acrylic pen.
All Relatives Welcome
All Relatives Welcome Colleen Gray $625.00 CAD $625.00 CAD
All Relatives Welcome
All Relatives Welcome Colleen Gray $625.00 CAD $625.00 CAD
Sunrise At Sand Creek
Sunrise At Sand Creek - Framed Original - 5x5 - Ground Mineral Watercolour on Synthetic Paper. Story: The sun rose like it did any other day. But the sun did not know that the children were gone. Their cries were carried off in the eagle's scream. The wind did not care about Black Kettle's white flag at Sand Creek, and the Great Suffering laid its hand upon the beautiful face of a proud people. In remembrance of Sand Creek, November 29, 1864. Original Artwork, signed by Colleen Gray.
Sunrise At Sand Creek
Sunrise At Sand Creek Colleen Gray $80.00 CAD $80.00 CAD
Sunrise At Sand Creek
Sunrise At Sand Creek Colleen Gray $80.00 CAD $80.00 CAD
Woman
Woman - 18 x 12 - Framed Original - Ground Mineral Watercolour on Synthetic Paper. Story: The Creator gave the women all the waters to care for, and the women learned how to sing to the water to honour its spirit. When she sings the water finds her voice. A woman lives in two worlds; one of earth, one of water. Framed Original Artwork, Signed by Artist Colleen Gray
Woman - 18 x 12 - Framed Original - Ground Mineral Watercolour on Synthetic Paper. Story: The Creator gave the women all the waters to care for, and the women learned how to sing to the water to honour its spirit. When she sings the water finds her voice. A woman lives in two worlds; one of earth, one of water. Framed Original Artwork, Signed by Artist Colleen Gray
Woman
Woman Colleen Gray $425.00 CAD $425.00 CAD
Woman
Woman Colleen Gray $425.00 CAD $425.00 CAD
Mountain Home
Mountain Home
Mountain Home Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Mountain Home
Mountain Home Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Woman's Prayers
Women's Prayers - Framed Original - 16 x 20 - Ground Mineral Watercolour on Synthetic Paper. Story: Thirteen Grandmothers pray under the fullness of the Sturgeon Moon. There is a moment when they become one with the First Grandmother, and all the prayers spoken for all the women lost, are gathered by a Spirit Helper. They are brought to the heart of the Grandmother Moon in a great ascension where all prayers are braided together, and made strong. Hiy hiy. Original Artwork, signed by Colleen Gray.
Women's Prayers - Framed Original - 16 x 20 - Ground Mineral Watercolour on Synthetic Paper. Story: Thirteen Grandmothers pray under the fullness of the Sturgeon Moon. There is a moment when they become one with the First Grandmother, and all the prayers spoken for all the women lost, are gathered by a Spirit Helper. They are brought to the heart of the Grandmother Moon in a great ascension where all prayers are braided together, and made strong. Hiy hiy. Original Artwork, signed by Colleen Gray.
Woman's Prayers
Woman's Prayers Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Woman's Prayers
Woman's Prayers Colleen Gray $650.00 CAD $650.00 CAD
Red Buffalo Dancer
Red Buffalo Dancer
Red Buffalo Dancer Colleen Gray $425.00 CAD $425.00 CAD
Red Buffalo Dancer
Red Buffalo Dancer Colleen Gray $425.00 CAD $425.00 CAD
The Turtles are Hunting
The Turtles are Hunting
The Turtles are Hunting Colleen Gray $125.00 CAD $125.00 CAD
The Turtles are Hunting
The Turtles are Hunting Colleen Gray $125.00 CAD $125.00 CAD
Wifi
Wifi
Wifi Colleen Gray $65.00 CAD $65.00 CAD
Wifi
Wifi Colleen Gray $65.00 CAD $65.00 CAD
The Eyes Have It
The Eyes Have It
The Eyes Have It Colleen Gray $65.00 CAD $65.00 CAD
The Eyes Have It
The Eyes Have It Colleen Gray $65.00 CAD $65.00 CAD
Golden Eagle Feather
Golden Eagle Feather
Golden Eagle Feather Colleen Gray $65.00 CAD $65.00 CAD
Golden Eagle Feather
Golden Eagle Feather Colleen Gray $65.00 CAD $65.00 CAD
Spring Thaw
Spring Thaw
Spring Thaw Colleen Gray $140.00 CAD $140.00 CAD
Spring Thaw
Spring Thaw Colleen Gray $140.00 CAD $140.00 CAD
Colleen Gray Art Gift Card
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Unframed Originals

Bristle Cone Pine 432
Bristle Cone Pine 432
Bristle Cone Pine 432 Colleen Gray $425.00 CAD $425.00 CAD
Bristle Cone Pine 432
Bristle Cone Pine 432 Colleen Gray $425.00 CAD $425.00 CAD
Elements
Elements - Framed Original - 11x17 - Ground Mineral Watercolour on Synthetic Paper. Story: A spirit of the deep oceans rises to look at the things that are happening to the land above her. She sees the fires of destruction, smells the decay of her home and hears the cry of all creatures as the pinch in her heart becomes the ache of great loss. What is there to understand? Her beloved Mother is suffering from the sickness of humanation. We must do better.
Elements
Elements Colleen Gray $425.00 CAD $425.00 CAD
Elements
Elements Colleen Gray $425.00 CAD $425.00 CAD
Good Neighbours
Good Neighbours
Good Neighbours Colleen Gray $80.00 CAD $80.00 CAD
Good Neighbours
Good Neighbours Colleen Gray $80.00 CAD $80.00 CAD
The Offering
The Offering
The Offering Colleen Gray $80.00 CAD $80.00 CAD
The Offering
The Offering Colleen Gray $80.00 CAD $80.00 CAD
Spirit Horse
Spirit Horse
Spirit Horse Colleen Gray $80.00 CAD $80.00 CAD
Spirit Horse
Spirit Horse Colleen Gray $80.00 CAD $80.00 CAD
First Camp
First Camp
First Camp Colleen Gray $80.00 CAD $80.00 CAD
First Camp
First Camp Colleen Gray $80.00 CAD $80.00 CAD
The Culling Tears
The Culling Tears
The Culling Tears Colleen Gray $385.00 CAD $385.00 CAD
The Culling Tears
The Culling Tears Colleen Gray $385.00 CAD $385.00 CAD
Tundra
Tundra
Tundra Colleen Gray $60.00 CAD $60.00 CAD
Tundra
Tundra Colleen Gray $60.00 CAD $60.00 CAD
Fast Thunder
Fast Thunder
Fast Thunder Colleen Gray $95.00 CAD $95.00 CAD
Fast Thunder
Fast Thunder Colleen Gray $95.00 CAD $95.00 CAD
The Cut
The Cut
The Cut Colleen Gray $95.00 CAD $95.00 CAD
The Cut
The Cut Colleen Gray $95.00 CAD $95.00 CAD
An Otter’s Dream
An Otter’s Dream
An Otter’s Dream Colleen Gray $385.00 CAD $385.00 CAD
An Otter’s Dream
An Otter’s Dream Colleen Gray $385.00 CAD $385.00 CAD
Colleen Gray Art Gift Card
Colleen Gray Contemporary Art Gift Card for original art on colleengrayart.ca
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Kwey kwey! Hello!

That you’ve come here to view my work, means the world to me. I hope you enjoy what you see here. I work with several mediums in my creation process, all dictated by mood, moon and muse.

My primary work is done in ground mineral watercolour on synthetic paper. It's a fascinating journey into the unpredictable nature of earth minerals and water. I'm often in awe of the simple power of the interactions beneath my brush and have whiled away many hours without looking at the clock once.

When I want a different medium from the synthetic paper, I enjoy painting iconic historical plains scenes on Arches coldpress watercolour paper.

​The fact that I am using water and minerals on the surface of an oil based paper is not lost on me; in fact, I enjoy the irony of it. Oil and water are not supposed to work well together...unless of course, you’re an artist.

About the Artist
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Framed Original Artwork

My medium of choice is ground mineral watercolour paint on synthetic paper. I’m fascinated by this journey into the unpredictable nature of earth and water every time I create.

Each original work of art comes signed and includes a Certificate of Authenticity and the story behind the art image.

Your newly purchased artwork is carefully packaged, and is shipped via Canada Post - in most instances, by artist Colleen Gray.

Workshops & Lessons

Watch the calendar below for Adult Lessons & Workshop dates & registration.

- Art lessons and original artwork sales support the artist Colleen Gray. 

- By-products (e.g. archival prints, cards etc.) of Colleen's artwork are sold on AFAP's fundraising site artforaidshop.ca, to help fund the Art for Aid Project.

Philanthropic Passions

Colleen Gray received: "The Governor General of Canada Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteering:

Colleen Gray - June 26, 2019
for her role in supporting art exploration through access to art supplies and creative art programs in Canadian remote Indigenous schools through The Art For Aid Project."

AFAP Fundraising

Artwork Commissions

Booking commission work for January 2021 ...

Do you want to recognize a special occasion or that special someone or event or building by commissioning a work of art? Contact me to discuss.

I want to give each currently commissioned work the full attention that each deserves. Book now for commissions that I will start working on in January 2021. Miigwetch.

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Workshops and Events Calendar

Fall

Winter

Spring 2021

October 2020

INVITATION

Sunday, Oct 4, 2020

Meet & Greet with Colleen Gray, Galerie d'art Riverside, 735 Rue Riverside, in downtown Wakefield, Quebec

November 2020

Saturday, Nov 14, 2020

Meet the Artist

Colleen will be answering questions and demonstrating her unique painting technique. FREE Admission. ARTprior Gallery, Arnprior, Quebec.

December 2020

INVITATION - Christmas Show in the Gallery

S.M.ART Studio Exhibit - I'm showing in Carleton Place along with some other artists - Drop in, you're Invited! Click here for event image and details for Dec 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 2020

December 2020

Saturday, 12 Dec 2020 Meet the Artist Event - Galerie Riverside, 11 am - 4 pm with Colleen Gray

TBD

May 2021

INVITATION

May 1 & 2, 2021

Meet the Artist Event & Art Sale.
Arts Carleton Place Spring Fine Art Show.

At the Carleton Place Canoe Club, 179 John St, Carleton Place ON, K7C 1N7 Canada

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Blog Posts

7th Fire process with a magnifying glass.

The 7th Fire - A Painting Inspired

by Colleen Gray | 01 November, 2020

A visual journey of 8 fires inspired by the 7th Fire Prophecy of the Anishinaabe people of Turtle Island.

 

Detail - The 7th Fire

Behind the Lines - Where the stories begin.

Behind the Lines - Where the stories begin.

by Colleen Gray | 01 November, 2020

A look at Indigenous spiritual understanding through art and ceremony.

My Contemporary Art Portfolio / Instagram Feed

To View >180 artworks and their stories, click on any scrolling image below, then when it opens, below it click on the "More posts from colleengrayart" link and all the Instagram posts will appear here to view (click on the image for the story that accompanies the artwork).

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From Artists Against Racism, YouTube Channel

Interview

with Colleen Gray

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What speaks to you? Commission a piece of art / custom work.

Do you have a favourite legend or animal? Do you have a specific size you need created? Special occasion or event to mark? Let's explore options. NOTE: Currently not taking new bookings.

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Questions? Would you like more info or to commission a piece of art? I am happy to respond to inquiries. Please fill out the contact form on the right. Thanks! Miigwetch, Colleen Gray

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