Welcome to the Salish Weave Collection website. Salish Weave supports the artists who create contemporary art in the traditional Salish art form and actively promotes awareness of Salish culture and art through Education.

New To The Collection

• Turning Point State II

  Kelly Cannell, 2020

• Salish Rope

  Kelly Cannell, 2010

• Salish Inlet State II

  Susan A. Point, 2020

• Rotation

  Dylan Thomas, 2019

• Synergy

  Kelly Cannell, 2017

• Within the Cedar

  Susan A. Point, 2019

• Echoes and Reflections

  Dylan Thomas, 2019

• Tree of Life

  Susan A. Point, 2019

• Sacred Balance

  Kelly Cannell, 2020
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The Artists

• Jane Marston

  
  Jane (Kwatleematt) is a Coast Salish artist from the Stz’uminus (Chemainus) First Nation. She started carving in 1984 under the mentorship of Simon Charlie and worked on art projects with him until his passing in 2005. Jane is of the generation of artists like Charles Elliott and Stan Greene who revived the traditional Salish art … 
  
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• Liam Paul

  
  Born in 1999, Liam is the second child, and only son, of Coast Salish artist Chris Paul. The Paul family is from the T’sartlip Nation and lives in Brentwood Bay, on the Saanich peninsula of Vancouver Island. Under the tutelage of his father, Liam started carving at seven years old. Later, he attended Carve Night, … 
  
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• Cosiniye Paul

  
  Cosiniye (pronounced Kwa-sea-knee-ah) was born in the hot summer of 2000 in on Vancouver Island. She is from the T’sarlip Nation, and the youngest daughter and third child of Coast Salish artist Chris Paul. Cosiniye has been drawing, sketching, and painting since she was old enough to hold a pencil and a paintbrush.  She enjoys … 
  
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• lessLIE

  
  Born Leslie Sam Robert in 1973, in Duncan, British Columbia, lessLIE is Coast Salish of Cowichan, Penelakut and Esquimalt Nations, and of Irish, Italian, and French heritage. lessLIE has a BA in First Nations Studies from Malaspina College, now the Vancouver Island University. While working on this undergraduate degree, lessLIE began to study Coast Salish … 
  
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