About the Artist
Thahayam, nyka shiks
Hello, my friend.
I spent my early years in South Bend, Washington. The hills, rivers, skies, and mudflats of that place still appear in much of my art.
I attended Art Center School in Los Angeles and graduated from Central Washington University. I taught school,worked as a commercial artist, and now do fine art, both painting and carving.
The other strong influence in my art is my Chinook Native American heritage. I am a tribal elder and past member of the Chinook council.
Coyote, Raven, Salmon, and Raccoon populate many of my painting,
along with tribal people, canoes and our unique paddles with a notched
end. Fish in the air. canoes above the ground, sizes that are out of the
ordinary, all seen to fit the tribal stories.
I hope you enjoy these flight into fantasy and my other work, also.
Hayu Masi,
Charlie Funk
