A Separate Reality

Norval Morrisseau (1931-2007)
acrylic, 1984, 8ft x 15ft, Museum of Civilization

“One day you go up into a separate reality and you see what sickness is. It’s a mental disease that makes us forget who the hell we really are – that’s the sickness that has happened. There’s a big Crystal that is the most modern medicine – a circle of colours that directs a different colour to each spot of disease. Look at the pictures, – that’s what I mean about what I am. I’m 50. So how do I get back to where I was 51 years ago? It’s simple. I never left.” Norval Morrisseau, 1984

“So if I am here in this World to deliver any messages I wouldn’t want to be a preacher…I would want to be a painter!” Norval Morrisseau, 1981