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<< back to artist listing lessLIE Coast Salish Born in 1973 in Duncan, B.C., lessLIE's colonized, Catholic, Canadian name is Leslie Robert Sam. His decolonized artist's name is lessLIE. Hitler once said that the bigger the lie you tell, the more people you can get to beLIEve in it. Hitler was about racism, imperialism, and genocide, which are political forces which lessLIE is fighting against. Picasso once said that "art is a lie that tells the truth." In the spirit of trickster traditions, lessLIe is living this perspective of Picasso. lessLIE has a Bachelor of Arts degree in First Nations Studies from Malaspina University-College. While working on this undergraduate degree, lessLIE began to study Coast Salish art in 1995. lessLIE is currently attending the University of Victoria, working on a Master of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on Coast Salish art. As a component of this graduate degree, he has also worked at Thunderbird Park Carving Studio. When he first began to study Coast Salish art, he was inspired and encouraged by his cousin Joe Wilson. He was later influenced by other Coast Salish artists such as Manual Salazar, Maynard Johnnny, Jr., Shaun Peterson, and Luke Marston. His main influence as a young Coast Salish artist has been Susan Point. Pieces by lessLIE: Salmon and Water 2008 view details Brothers Who Fell from the Sky [print] 2008 view details Thunderbird 2008 view details Frog Transform-Line 2008 view details Perpetual Hummingbirds 2008 view details yOURS 2008 view details Becoming Negative 2008 view details ARTiculating Vision 2008 view details Eight Salmon 2008 view details cuneiFORM-LINE [print] 2008 view details Thunderbird [print] 2008 view details Salmon Circle 2008 view details Birth of the C-Form 2007 view details Cowichan River Salmon 2007 view details Moon [print] 2007 view details Guardian Spirit Vision [print] 2007 view details Near B.C. Logo 2007 view details Salish Community 2007 view details Two Seagulls 2007 view details sEAGLES 2007 view details Seagulls 2007 view details Salish Bracelet [print] 2007 view details Pro Creation [print] 2007 view details Salish Sound Waves [print] 2007 view details Two Salmon (print) 2007 view details Pro Creation 2007 view details Trans Parent 2007 view details Defining Each Other (print) 2007 view details Crescent Moon (print) 2007 view details Sun of Hummingbirds 2006 view details Perpetuation 2006 view details sacRED songs (print) 2006 view details Double-Headed Serpent [print] 2006 view details Common Vision 2006 view details Crescent Moon 2006 view details Vision 2006 view details Untitled I 2006 view details sacRED vision 2006 view details spawning salmon cycle [print] 2006 view details Words of Wealth (print) 2006 view details Paddle of Heron design 2006 view details Wolves in Moon 2006 view details Frog Flower 2005 view details Global Vision 2005 view details Quwut Sun 2005 view details Salmon Hab It At (diptych) 2005 view details Quwut Sun 2005 view details Hummingbirds 2005 view details Four Salmon 2005 view details Spawning Salmon [print] 2005 view details Protecting Posterity [print] 2005 view details Salmon Eggs [print -exclusive to Alcheringa] 2005 view details Salmon Weir 2005 view details Salmon Vision 2005 view details Moon with Wolves 2004 view details Thunderbird and Killerwhale 2004 view details beLIEve in equality 2008 SOLD view details Middle Point 2008 SOLD view details cuneiFORM-LINE 2008 SOLD view details Double-Headed Serpent [painting] 2007 SOLD view details Four Serpents 2007 SOLD view details Guardian Spirit Vision [painting] 2007 SOLD view details fOUR salmon 2007 SOLD view details Brothers Who Fell from the Sky 2007 SOLD view details Ladybug and The Flood 2007 SOLD view details sacRED salmon 2006 SOLD view details Defining Each Other 2006 SOLD view details Ravens, Sun 2006 SOLD view details fOUR salmon, yOUR salmon 2006 SOLD view details Two Salmon 2006 SOLD view details Salish Sound Waves 2006 SOLD view details spawning salmon cycle [painting] 2006 SOLD view details Eagle Salmon Transformation 2006 SOLD view details Double-Headed Serpent 2006 SOLD view details Moon 2006 SOLD view details spawning gROUND 2006 SOLD view details Frog HABITat 2006 SOLD view details HeART 2006 SOLD view details Untitled II 2006 SOLD view details sacRED songs 2006 SOLD view details Thunderbird Paddle 2006 SOLD view details Four Salmon Two Frogs 2006 SOLD view details Double-headed Serpent 2005 SOLD view details Bracelet deSIGN 2005 SOLD view details Words of Wealth 2005 SOLD view details dEATh 2005 SOLD view details Thunderbird [painting] 2005 SOLD view details Salmon Paddle 2005 SOLD view details Two Salmon 2005 SOLD view details Hummingbirds 2005 SOLD view details Serpents 2005 SOLD view details Eight Salmon 2005 SOLD view details Protecting Posterity [painting] 2005 SOLD view details I's 2005 SOLD view details Salmon Eggs [painting] 2005 SOLD view details sacRED circle 2005 SOLD view details Salmon Paddle 2005 SOLD view details Spindle World 2005 SOLD view details Spawning Salmon [painting] 2005 SOLD view details Frog Flower 2005 SOLD view details QuwutSUN [painting] 2005 SOLD view details Salish Symbiosis [painting] 2005 SOLD view details Double Headed Serpent [painting] 2004 SOLD view details Salmon Weir [painting] 2004 SOLD view details Song of Salmon People [painting] 2004 SOLD view details 'Salish Bracelet' [painting] 2004 SOLD view details Owl [painting] 2004 SOLD view details Double Headed Serpent [painting] 2004 SOLD view details Spawning Salmon [painting] 2004 SOLD view details Moon With Wolves [painting] 2004 SOLD view details Salmon Vision [painting] 2004 SOLD view details Thunderbird and Killerwhale 2004 SOLD view details Salmon (sold out) 2003 SOLD view details Guardian Spirit (sold out) 2003 SOLD view details

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