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Keith Van Norman

Large-Format Woodcut Prints

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Project type

Large-Format Woodcut print

Date

2022

Location

Oregon

43” x 78” (framed dimension, gallery grade plexiglass) 1-color woodcut print, 20lbs

Artist Statement:
Large format woodcut nightscape drawn from Oregon coastal communities featuring animals from First Peoples’ starlore around the world including The Cherokee Nation (Spirit Dog and the Milky Way), The Wardman (Dungdung the Frog lady from the Creation Story), The Chinook Nation (Canoe Race), The Yakima Nation (Elkskin stars), The Crow Nation (Three Legged Rabbit), The Navajo Nation (Dahsani the Porcupine), and The Tinglit Nation (Raven from The Theft of Daylight).

More than 10,000 stars illuminate the night sky and region-specific flora.

- Selected for the Juried 2023 “In the Deep End” show at the Gallery 114 (Portland, OR)
- Selected for the Juried 2023 “Big Ink Prints” show at the Canon Gallery of Art at Western Oregon University (Monmouth, OR)

Large-format woodcut prints by Keith Van Norman. © 2025 by Keith Van Norman. All rights reserved.

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