{"id":25,"date":"2025-08-26T18:42:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-09-30T14:49:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:49:59","slug":"roythomas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/roythomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Roy Thomas<\/h1>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #b7b7b7\">(1949-2004)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Ojibwa First Nation<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Ahnisnabae artist Roy Thomas was one of the leading representatives of what is commonly referred to as the \u201cWoodland School of Art.\u201d Though the career of the founding figure of the school, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/morrisseau\/\">Norval Morrisseau<\/a>, preceded Thomas\u2019s debut by almost 20 years, the paths of these two creative giants intersected more than once, throughout their lives. Like many other \u2018Woodland\u2019 artists across Northwestern Ontario, the two shared certain commonalities by virtue of regional proximity and cultural origin.<\/p>\n<p>After the artist\u2019s death, his wife, Louise Thomas turned her husband\u2019s studio into a gallery. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahnisnabae-art.com\/index.php\/about-us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ahnisnabae Art Gallery<\/a>, in Thunder Bay <a href=\"http:\/\/northernontario.travel\/thunder-bay\/ahnisnabae-art-gallery-showcases-aboriginal-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promotes aboriginal artists<\/a>, including their son, Randy, and sons of other prominent Woodland artists, amongst the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahnisnabae-art.com\/artists.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artists represented<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Works at Huron<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0 et_pb_has_overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/roythomas\/hibbeaver\/\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"116\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/indartpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2025\/09\/Roy_Thomas_Featured1.jpg\" alt=\"Roy Thomas Hibernation Beaver art piece link image\" title=\"Roy_Thomas_Featured1\" class=\"wp-image-459 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 170px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 170\/116;\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - 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