Sherry Crawford — White Bear Standing — is an Algonquin artist living in Millbrook, Ontario. Her paintings carry the Seven Grandfather Teachings, and everything she builds — the gardens, this site, the gallery coming to Bancroft in spring 2027 — is built with her son James's future in mind.
Seven Generations of Grandmothers
Sherry Crawford
aka
White Bear Standing
RED POWER RELATIVES
This piece represents the connectedness to all things. We refer to the trees as ‘Standing People’ for they are our relatives. They provide food, shade, homes for animals, birds, sap, also...they provide us with clean air and thus, life! The faces in the earth are representative of our Ancestors who have crossed...the lines show our connections and continued energy flow of life. When we die, sometimes we go into the earth or water. The plants and trees grow from the earth, we eat the plants and the animals eat the plants. We eat the animals, and sometimes the animals eat us….and the cycle of life energy continues to flow.
GRANDFATHERS IN THE ROCKS
Inspired by the actual Eagles nest park (rock cliffs) the face can be seen from the highway or river. We strongly believe if we follow the ‘Seven Grandfather Teachings” of Love, Respect, Wisdom, Truth, Honesty, Bravery & Humility, we can walk the good Red Road in a good way! There is an image in the rock face that is seen in many photos. known as the Chief. I drew 6 more grandfather faces.. to represent the teachings. You have to look carefully to find them all!
