Eddy Cobiness

Eddy Cobiness ( Warroad ( Minnesota , United States ), 1933 - Winnipeg ( Manitoba , Canada ), January 1 1996 ) was a Canadian artist . He was an Ojibwe - Indian and his works are characterized by images of the outdoors and nature . He began with realistic scenes and then in more abstract work to evolve. He belonged to the " Woodland School of Art "and was a prominent member of the" Professional Native Indian Artists Association ", known as the" Indian Group of Seven ". ==[Life  edit ] == Cobiness grew up in the sanctuary Buffalo Point in southeastern Manitoba. Like the other members of the "Indian Group of Seven" ( Jackson Beardy , Alex Janvier , Norval Morrisseau , Daphne Odjig , Carl Ray and Joseph Sanchez ) Cobiness was called a "Treaty Indian". He belonged to a tribe with which Canada has signed a treaty under the Indian Act of Canada .

Cobiness has taught painting itself. He was a graphic designer who started in his childhood by drawing pictures of birds in sand or snow or on cardboard boxes. In the 50s he discovered working with watercolor, during his military service. He studied composition and color. In the sixties were ink and watercolor drawings commercially successful, and began his career . For Cobiness are the outdoors and nature has always been the subject of his works. He began with realistic scenes and then evolve into more abstract work, influenced by contemporary painter and Benjamin Chee Chee . He developed his work further and worked freely with multiple styles and hereby using many media. It would bring him international recognition. It is known that Queen Elizabeth II work Cobiness in her collection has. Cobiness died in Winnipeg, Manitoba on January 1, 1996 due to complications from diabetes .