W. Blake Kimber 🇨🇦🍁
@wblakekimber.bsky.social
Voice guy with the acting and such. Will say words for money. He/him
blakekimber604@gmail.com
https://wblakekimber.carrd.co/
blakekimber604@gmail.com
https://wblakekimber.carrd.co/
What's that supposed to be anyway? One of those fanged deer?
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
What's that supposed to be anyway? One of those fanged deer?
Have I ever told y'all my mom has been really getting into doing acrylic pour-overs? This is her seasons series.
October 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Have I ever told y'all my mom has been really getting into doing acrylic pour-overs? This is her seasons series.
Hey wait a minute...
September 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hey wait a minute...
It me, jumping on a trend far too late
September 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It me, jumping on a trend far too late
Ellen Neel was a Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw artist working in a predominantly men's field. She was the granddaughter of Charlie James (Yakuglas) and niece of Mungo Martin. She was a trailblazer for women in the field and establishing northwest coast art as a field for hers and the wider nations of the coast.
September 12, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Ellen Neel was a Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw artist working in a predominantly men's field. She was the granddaughter of Charlie James (Yakuglas) and niece of Mungo Martin. She was a trailblazer for women in the field and establishing northwest coast art as a field for hers and the wider nations of the coast.
There's one last pole that spent 40 years at the park but is now housed in the Musuem of Anthropology.
September 12, 2025 at 4:46 AM
There's one last pole that spent 40 years at the park but is now housed in the Musuem of Anthropology.
This pole by Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw artist Oscar Matilpi was originally carved for the Workers Compensation Board in 1968 and donated to the parks board when the building was remodeled.
September 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This pole by Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw artist Oscar Matilpi was originally carved for the Workers Compensation Board in 1968 and donated to the parks board when the building was remodeled.
(I'm back and I'm on the bus)
The "Beaver Crest Pole" by Nisg̱a’a artist Norman Tait.
Erected in 1987, this pole depicts the origin of his family's Beaver crest. He deliberately kept it unpainted as a nod to classic historical totems.
The "Beaver Crest Pole" by Nisg̱a’a artist Norman Tait.
Erected in 1987, this pole depicts the origin of his family's Beaver crest. He deliberately kept it unpainted as a nod to classic historical totems.
September 12, 2025 at 4:38 AM
(I'm back and I'm on the bus)
The "Beaver Crest Pole" by Nisg̱a’a artist Norman Tait.
Erected in 1987, this pole depicts the origin of his family's Beaver crest. He deliberately kept it unpainted as a nod to classic historical totems.
The "Beaver Crest Pole" by Nisg̱a’a artist Norman Tait.
Erected in 1987, this pole depicts the origin of his family's Beaver crest. He deliberately kept it unpainted as a nod to classic historical totems.
The Wakas (or Wakius) Pole. The original stood at the house of Chief Wakus in Alert Bay while this replica was carved in 1987 by Doug Cranmer, grand-nephew of Chief Wakas. Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw style.
September 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Wakas (or Wakius) Pole. The original stood at the house of Chief Wakus in Alert Bay while this replica was carved in 1987 by Doug Cranmer, grand-nephew of Chief Wakas. Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw style.
"Sky Chief Pole", by Art Thompson and Tim Paul in the Nuu-chah-nulth style. Erected in 1988, the artists sought to honour the collective Nuu-chah-nulth nations of the west coast of Vancouver Island.
September 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
"Sky Chief Pole", by Art Thompson and Tim Paul in the Nuu-chah-nulth style. Erected in 1988, the artists sought to honour the collective Nuu-chah-nulth nations of the west coast of Vancouver Island.
"Breakfast on the Beach Pole". This was completed in 1991 by Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw artist Beau Dick
September 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
"Breakfast on the Beach Pole". This was completed in 1991 by Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw artist Beau Dick
The Skedans Mortuary Pole. This is the only example of both a Haida style pole and a mortuary pole at Stanley Park. This is a replica; the original was believed to be carved before 1878. This iteration was carved by master artist Bill Reid in 1962 and the face was rebuilt by Don Yeomans in 1990.
September 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The Skedans Mortuary Pole. This is the only example of both a Haida style pole and a mortuary pole at Stanley Park. This is a replica; the original was believed to be carved before 1878. This iteration was carved by master artist Bill Reid in 1962 and the face was rebuilt by Don Yeomans in 1990.
The last of the Salish welcome gates that were installed in 2008, all three were designed by Musqueam artist Susan Point. "Salish Dancer and Killerwhales Portal"
September 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The last of the Salish welcome gates that were installed in 2008, all three were designed by Musqueam artist Susan Point. "Salish Dancer and Killerwhales Portal"
This is an obvious slight against the nations of the southern coast and Fraser river, which has a rich artistic tradition to themselves.
September 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This is an obvious slight against the nations of the southern coast and Fraser river, which has a rich artistic tradition to themselves.
Thunderbird House Post, a replica created in 1968 by Tony Hunt, based off the original twin set of posts by Charlie James in the early 1900s. From the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Nation.
September 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Thunderbird House Post, a replica created in 1968 by Tony Hunt, based off the original twin set of posts by Charlie James in the early 1900s. From the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Nation.
Rose Cole Yelton Memorial Pole, erected in 2009 to commemorate the last surviving Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) resident of Stanley Park, before it was seized by the government and turned into parkland.
September 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Rose Cole Yelton Memorial Pole, erected in 2009 to commemorate the last surviving Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) resident of Stanley Park, before it was seized by the government and turned into parkland.
Grandparents and Grandchildren Gateway
September 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Grandparents and Grandchildren Gateway
The Salish Welcome Gateway
September 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The Salish Welcome Gateway
My guide for today.
September 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
My guide for today.
"Please, I have a wife and 3,000 kids! I'm begging you, do something!"
September 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Please, I have a wife and 3,000 kids! I'm begging you, do something!"
"What are you doing just standing there? Help! He's gonna kill me!"
September 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"What are you doing just standing there? Help! He's gonna kill me!"
When I visited the Douglas Reynolds gallery, I got a chance to see this incredible Don Yeomans print. It's a blend of eastern and western dragon, rendered in northwest coast Haida aesthetic, and framed with Celtic knots with a fleur-de-lil tail.
September 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
When I visited the Douglas Reynolds gallery, I got a chance to see this incredible Don Yeomans print. It's a blend of eastern and western dragon, rendered in northwest coast Haida aesthetic, and framed with Celtic knots with a fleur-de-lil tail.
I picked up some light reading when I was on a gallery walk today (yay vacation time)
September 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I picked up some light reading when I was on a gallery walk today (yay vacation time)
I wanted to look up who carved the totem pole I always drove past back when I was living in Mission, but the only info online I can find about it is an out of date photo from over 15 years ago, before they refurbished and repainted it.
September 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I wanted to look up who carved the totem pole I always drove past back when I was living in Mission, but the only info online I can find about it is an out of date photo from over 15 years ago, before they refurbished and repainted it.