An Overview of Pacific Northwest Native Indian Art

The fact that this eBook is free is only a small part of the positives. It's a terrific book for anyone who has the slightest interest in the Pacific Northwest and the art from that region. Leung explains the whys of the colors, shapes and forms, as well as separate chapters on the animals that dominate the art.

It's one of my favorite parts of the world, I've spent hours wandering around various gallerys and shops -- next time, I'll know more about what I am looking at!

Clint Leung owns the Free Spirit Gallery, an online gallery that specializes in Inuit Eskimo and Northwest Indian art. As with many forms of native art, reproductions and fakes are rampant in the field and Leung's book will help you figure out what's authentic, what the art means and where to buy it. But I appreciate it's not in anyway an infomercial.

The thirty-five page eBook includes numerous pictures, and chapters on totem poles and tribal masks. Also included are explanations and illustrations of the way the artists depict different animal eyes, noses and ears, as well as the leg, arms, wings and feathers. Every symbol on Native Indian art has different meanings and with a copy of Leung's eBook at hand, you'll be able to not only be able to decipher what the artist is telling you, but to appreciate it even more.

Want to know more about the animals that dominate the art, what the prominent colors are, what you should expect to pay? Download the free eBook!