The thunderbird poems —Ruffo, Armand Garnet, 1955- author.

Norval Morrisseau : man changing into thunderbird —Ruffo, Armand Garnet, 1955- author.

Treaty # —Ruffo, Armand Garnet, 1955- author.

Norval Morrisseau : man changing into thunderbird —Ruffo, Armand Garnet, 1955- author.

Norval Morrisseau man changing into thunderbird —Ruffo, Armand Garnet, 1955- author.

Norval Morrisseau (19322007), Ojibway shaman-artist, drew his first sketches at age six in the sand on the shores of Lake Nipigon. By the end of his tumultuous life, the prolific self-taught artist was sought by collecto...

Norval Morrisseau man changing into thunderbird —Ruffo, Armand Garnet, 1955-, author.

Morrisseau was a controversial figure too, eliciting everything from resentment to outright condemnation. Living on booze, flat broke and exhausted, he often traded art for a drink to the frustration of his agents. Despi...