{"title":"Fine Art Prints","description":"\u003cp\u003eRed and Yellow Design is proud to be the official distributor of artwork by renowned Canadian Coast Salish artist and activist, Louie Gong.  His \u003cspan\u003eunique style merges traditional Coast Salish art with influences from his mixed heritage and urban environment to create work that resonates widely across communities and cultures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"good-day-bad-day-fine-art-print-by-louie-gong","title":"\"Good Day, Bad Day\" Fine Art Print by Louie Gong","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Coast Salish hummingbird design is one of Louie Gong's most iconic art pieces. The original painting was made in 2015 with acrylic, spray paint, and wood stain on a wood panel. Red and Yellow Design is the only authorized seller of Louie Gong's art prints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, Louie adopted a scruffy-looking wild tabby kitten from the Muckleshoot Reservation, where he was working at the time. On his first night at Louie’s house, an exhausted “Rez Cat” curled up in his new litter box and went to sleep, presumably because he was used to sleeping in dirt and gravel. As Rez Cat got older, he would often stay out all night hunting and leave various “presents” at Louie’s doorstop in the morning.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSince then, Rez Cat has been a common subject in Louie’s art (and now has a softer bed to rest on).\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn this piece, Rez Cat is stalking a Coast Salish hummingbird. Today, like every day, is both a good and bad day—it all depends on perspective. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGiclée fine art print (unframed)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e15\" x 20.5\" artwork size; 17.5\" x 24\" print size with border\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaper details?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfessionally packaged and shipped flat\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal work is mixed media: spray paint, acrylic, and wood stain on wool panel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Note From the Artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI'm Louie Gong (Nooksack) and I'm a Canadian artist based in Seattle. Most people know me as the founder of Eighth Generation, an iconic Native-owned brand that was the first to produce wool blankets. I'm very proud that my cousin Matt Gong and Uncle Pete are offering my prints to people throughout Canada. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI'm a self-taught artist who was raised by my grandparents in Ruskin B.C. before moving to the Nooksack tribal community in northwest Washington. I got my start by painting cultural art on shoes, but realized that creating one-of-a-kind pieces did not provide a sustainable pathway to success, so I began applying my artwork to accessibly-priced products. My unique style merges traditional Coast Salish art with influences from my mixed heritage and urban environment to create work that resonates widely across communities and cultures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red And Yellow Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52805550375228,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/9691\/3468\/files\/GoodDayBadDaybyLouieGong_ProductPhoto_2022_900x_88e16f7a-2293-47fc-967b-9d2310859687.webp?v=1772213741"},{"product_id":"black-sheep-fine-art-print-by-louie-gong","title":"'Black Sheep\" Fine Art Print by Louie Gong","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe latest work from Louie Gong (Nooksack), Black Sheep, is about drawing power from past experiences— even traumas. “It’s about self-care,” says Louie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I’ve been thinking about the term baggage, and it’s all wrong,” says Louie. “When we think about our past experiences as something we can just put down, we can’t actually heal. The real pathway to becoming stronger and more confident versions of ourselves is to learn to live in symbiosis with our past experiences.”  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Black Sheep’s body is composed of Louie’s signature wolf-mouth motif, which he uses here to symbolize negative past experiences. It is painted loosely to indicate the frequent movement of and the idea that our past experiences are living parts of us that we can’t simply set down as if they were “baggage.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy contrast, the Black Sheep’s face is composed of highly structured Coast Salish design elements to indicate the self-confidence drawn from the understanding that past experiences make us better equipped to manage whatever lies ahead.  A few understated sprouts indicate constant growth regardless of what we are experiencing. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGiclée fine art print (unframed)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20\" x 16\" artwork size (w\/ 1\" border on the top and sides and a 2.5\" border on the bottom: total print size including margins = 22\" x 19.5\".)\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaper details?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfessionally packaged and shipped flat\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal work is mixed media: spray paint, acrylic, and wood stain on wool panel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Note From the Artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI'm Louie Gong (Nooksack) and I'm a Canadian artist based in Seattle. Most people know me as the founder of Eighth Generation, an iconic Native-owned brand that was the first to produce wool blankets. I'm very proud that my cousin Matt Gong and Uncle Pete are offering my prints to people throughout Canada. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI'm a self-taught artist who was raised by my grandparents in Ruskin B.C. before moving to the Nooksack tribal community in northwest Washington. I got my start by painting cultural art on shoes, but realized that creating one-of-a-kind pieces did not provide a sustainable pathway to success, so I began applying my artwork to accessibly-priced products. My unique style merges traditional Coast Salish art with influences from my mixed heritage and urban environment to create work that resonates widely across communities and cultures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red And Yellow Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52805557682492,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/9691\/3468\/files\/BlackSheepbyLouieGong_Web_900x_9f11d9dc-0092-447b-9fca-7014e43d3ee5.webp?v=1772214599"},{"product_id":"go-deep-fine-art-print-by-louie-gong","title":"\"Go Deep\" Fine Art Print by Louie Gong","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe salmon is a primary staple of both the diet and culture of Coast Salish and Northwest Native people, as well as the subject of Nooksack artist Louie Gong's Go Deep Fine Art Print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGo Deep was inspired by a fishing trip to the Chehalis River in British Columbia. Louie’s Uncle Pete hooked a giant coho. Instead of trying to swim away downstream, the salmon dove down toward the bottom of the river. Although Uncle Pete ultimately brought the coho in, its unexpected dive was an image that stuck with Louie. The dynamic motion and materials used are characteristic of Louie’s aesthetic that seamlessly blends the contemporary and traditional.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGo Deep was Louie's first exploration into merging spray paint with Coast Salish designs. Its 2014 creation was significant as the early piece was an important departure from the conventional \"school\" of Coast Salish art. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGiclée fine art print (unframed)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e10.5\" x 22.5\" artwork size; 12.5\" x 26.5\" print size with border\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaper details?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfessionally packaged and shipped flat\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal work is mixed media: spray paint, acrylic, and wood stain on wool panel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Note From the Artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI'm Louie Gong (Nooksack) and I'm a Canadian artist based in Seattle. 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The hummingbirds reflect the rudimentary roles that groups of human beings—regardless of political orientation—tend to recreate over and over again: the victim, the hero, and the bully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese roles also play out on a smaller, personal scale in our social lives or family relationships. Even the internal voice that helps us make decisions can lead towards oversimplifying our problems by adopting one of these roles. In doing so, we rob ourselves of the ability to appreciate complexity and diversity. This piece is a reminder that the pathway to sustainable relationships—whether they are play out on a national scale or inside our own head—is more complicated than a sound bite or click bait headline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGiclée fine art print (unframed)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e10.5\" x 22.5\" artwork size; 12.5\" x 26.5\" print size with border\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaper details?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfessionally packaged and shipped flat\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal work is mixed media: spray paint, acrylic, and wood stain on wool panel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Note From the Artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI'm Louie Gong (Nooksack) and I'm a Canadian artist based in Seattle. 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