An icon of the Canadian Rockies, Spirit Island sits amidst a backdrop of picturesque peaks in Maligne Lake of Jasper National Park. According to First Nation legend, the island was once a meeting place for two young lovers of feuding tribes. Here's a list of guides for Spirit Island that should be helpful. If you find guides on this or other sites that are good, post a link in the comments, I will check it out and likely add it to the list. Spirits Guides: pktt's guide to Serpent SLumbering beneath the Island Phantaskippy's Guide to Phantasms: Part 1: River Surges in Sunlight. Peril racks Spirit Island. The invaders are more numerous and more capable than ever before. As hope begin to fade, defense of the island falls to those spirits more in tune with the danger and chaos of the natural world. Will you be able to harness their power to protect the island or will it fall to the persistence of the indaders? Whatever the outcome, Spirit Island will never be the same. Powerful Spirits have existed on this isolated island for time immemorial. They are both part of the natural world and - at the same time - something beyond nature. Native Islanders, known as the Dahan, have learned how to co-exist with the spirits, but with a healthy dose of fear and reverence. However, now, the island has been "discovered" by invaders from a far-off land.
Here is a photo from the legend trip to the St. Louis River near Duluth, MN. According to Ojibway legend the Fon du Lac Tribe of Northern Minnesota call this part of the St. Louis River “Spirit Lake.” In the middle of the lake is a small thrust of earth called “Spirit Island.” It is said that a pair of star-crossed lovers from warring tribes ran away together and settled on this island and that sometimes even today the spirits of this couple can still be seen. The island is private property so I stayed on the frozen river outside the island, but the frozen wind and blowing trees gave testimony to the solemnity of the place. I might be back to see the island in different lighting, but a larger landscape painting is definitely appropriate for this one….
Spirit Island Jasper
Spirit Island Game
Spirit Island Canada
Spirit Island Cruise Maligne Lake
Artwork: “Spirit Island” is a finished oil painting 30 x 30 inches. Instagram has become a large part of my project. I wanted to reference the idea of photography as a type of “evidence,” in these cases, but also speak to the larger idea of us as viewers becoming more accustomed to the idea of seeing a photo than experiencing an actual piece of art or the real view.