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Drum Song

Jack Shadbolt

BIRTH YEAR 1909
BIRTH PLACE Shoeburyness, England
DEATH YEAR 1998
DEATH PLACE Vancouver, British Columbia
MEDIUM Acrylic on canvas
DATE 1985
DIMENSIONS 173cm x 125.1cm x 4.1cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 1550
CREDIT LINE Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the Ottawa Art Gallery. Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
The semi-abstract image depicts a large brown circle with West Coast indigenous motifs done in red, white, black, yellow, pink, blue, and green paint inside it. The background is blue along the top, fading to green, which gets progressively darker as it approaches the bottom of the painting. There is a patch of blue on the right side.

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