Mark Gauti
Profile
My Name is Mark Gauti and This is where you can find my Pacific Northwest Coast Native Art and nature photography. My ancestry includes a number of different northwest tribes, but the one I am most connected to is my grandfather’s tribe, T’Sou-ke Nation. T’Sou-ke Nation is a Coast Salish Tribe on the border of Coast Salish territories and Nuu-chah-nulth territories. T’Sou-ke shares art and culture with the two different tribal groups. I define myself as a T’Sou-ke Nation artist and use a mixture of different tribal styles in my art. I have used a wide range of mediums in my art, including: paint and canvas, acid etching, drum making, paddle carving and, my favourite medium, digital. Following in the path of my ancestors, who adapted this ancient art form to every medium they came across as time progressed, I am now continuing this tradition as I experiment with new mediums.
I am an environmental scientist working for T’Sou-ke Nation as their environmental coordinator where I study both the scientific aspects of the ecosystems in our traditional territory as well as the cultural connection of my people to the environment. I have conducted a variety of studies in T’Sou-ke Nation traditional territory including water quality testing for pollution in salmon habitat, mapping of endangered species and gathering traditional ecological knowledge on traditional uses of native plants for food and medicine. I am also working with my community to provide environmental education programs, which is perhaps the most important aspect of my work.
In Pacific Northwest Coast stories, tricksters are the ones who take on a job that no one else will, often leading to change, and I consider my art to be trickster art because I am an environmentalist who sees the way we are treating the earth as wrong and I use my art as a form of environmental and cultural education.
You can also find me on facebook under trickster art
if you have any questions you can also email me at markgauti@gmail.com
Groups
Mark Gauti is a member of 1 In The Beginning - Ancient Practices, A Spiritual Walk, A Vector Tshirts Only Group, Abstracts from Nature, All About Water, Animal Kingdom, Art for Conservation, Birds Of Prey (3 per day), Canada *4/day & Please Review Rules B4 Submitting*, Canadiana - (limit 3/day), Cats and Dogs (1 artwork per day), Endangered Species, Environmental Awareness, Fabulous Flowers, For the Love of Cats , 1 image a day , Forests, Masterpiece: Art, Mother Nature's Finest, Owl Artwork, Pacific Northwest , Photography 101, Photography Critique and Advice, Primate Art, Railway Art and Photography, Something Fishy, Spirit of the Native American, The Birds, The World, Underwater & Sealife (Limit 2 Per Day) and Vector Goodness Lounge.
Journal Entries
Japan and T'Sou-ke Cultural exchange trip
Posted 4 months ago.
