The Raven's Call

Haida artist Bill Reid’s creative journey
towards a deep understanding of his
Haida heritage and identity

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Bill Reid's Art

Gallery

Explore artwork produced by Bill Reid over the course of his life, during all phases of his development as an artist.

  • Sculpture and Containers
  • Paintings, Prints and Drawings
  • Jewelry
  • Silver spoon engraved with formline design
  • Oval-shaped argillite dish with design of Ts'amgus, a supernatural sea creature
  • Bronze Killer Whale with jade patina, carved formline design and waves
  • Large onyx sculpture of “The Raven and The First Men”
  • Miniature teapot, creamer jug and sugar bowl carved from blackboard chalk
  • Small gold sculpture of “The Raven and the First Men”
  • Small boxwood sculpture of Killer Whale with waves
  • Bronze Grizzly Bear head created with lost wax technique
  • Small textured gold totem pole with Haida Beaver design
  • Gold Wire Bull created from one continuous piece of gold wire
  • Carved boxwood Transformation Pendant, with liftable mask of “Dogfish Woman”
  • “Mythic Messengers”, 8.5 m long bronze frieze, design of intertwined mythic figures
  • “Lootaas” (“Wave Eater”) Canoe at the Haida Heritage Centre at Kaay Llnagaay
  • Bill Reid with painted canoe paddles arranged in a sunburst pattern
  • “Black Eagle Canoe” and Haida paddlers in False Creek, Vancouver, BC.
  • Cedar panel 2 m wide with Haida Grizzly Bear design, black and red paint
  • Small progressive woodcut with Haida frog design on Japanese cedar veneer shaving
  • Small silver box with convex sides and lid, constructed, chased and engraved with Haida design (view 1)
  • Small silver box with convex sides and lid, constructed, chased and engraved with Haida designs (view 2)
  • Small silver box with convex sides and lid, constructed, chased and engraved with Haida design (view 3)
  • Small silver box with convex sides and lid, constructed, chased and engraved with Haida designs (view 4)
  • “Pan and Bacchante”, wire sculptures of Pan playing a flute while Bacchante dances
  • Rectangular silver box engraved in classic Northwest Coast style
  • Rectangular silver box engraved in classic Northwest Coast style (back view)
  • Rectangular silver box engraved in classic Northwest Coast style, Eagle design on hinged lid
  • Small fossil ivory totem pole with Raven Bear, Cubs and Frog design
  • Large bronze sculpture of Haida canoe with human, mythic and animal passengers
  • Bear-shaped glossy gold dish with 3D “Bear Mother” suckling Bear cubs on cover
  • Large sculpture of white plaster Killer Whale with Haida design
  • Haida canoe with Raven design and painted paddles on display at the CMC
  • White plaster maquette of “The Spirit of Haida Gwaii” sculpture
  • Small silver box with Haida Grizzly Bear design on lid
  • “Lootaas” (“Wave Eater”) Haida Canoe at False Creek, Vancouver, BC
  • Alder wood mask of a woman's face, with black hair and red and black paint
  • Two views of an argillite totem pole with intertwined figures
  • Gold box with Haida bear design and 3D Eagle perched on lid
  • Section of a Haida Village at UBC MOA with 2 longhouses and 5 totem poles
  • Large cedar sculpture of Haida Wasgo (Sea Wolf) at UBC MOA
  • Large red cedar sculpture of Haida Bear
  • Large yellow cedar sculpture of “The Raven and the First Men” (front view)
  • Large yellow cedar sculpture of “The Raven and the First Men” (left side)
  • Large yellow cedar sculpture of “The Raven and the First Men” (back view)
  • Large yellow cedar sculpture of “The Raven and the First Men” (right side)
  • Small boxwood sculpture of “The Raven Discovering Mankind in a Clam Shell” held by Bill Reid
  • Argillite panel pipe with design of intertwined figures
  • Gold box with Beaver and Human design and leaping 3D Killer Whale on lid
  • Red cedar screen carved on both sides with design of intertwined mythic figures
  • Large frog carved from red cedar and stained red and green
  • Cedar portrait mask of a human face
  • Silver box with Raven design carved on hinged lid
  • Bronze Killer Whale with jade patina and Haida design
  • Bronze Killer Whale sculpture with Haida design at the Vancouver Aquarium
  • Pair of oak doors carved with marine motif
  • Bronze sculpture of Haida canoe with human and animal passengers
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A guided journey

Learn more about Bill Reid’s artistic journey in three illustrated essays by Dr. Martine Reid.

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