About the Artist

Kent Estey is a proud member of the White Earth Nation of Ojibwe, in Northwestern Minnesota. He and his wife Becky live and work on the White Earth Reservation in the village of Naytahwaush, Minnesota.

“I’ve always painted the land, sky and water. My wife and I live in the woods, and we are surrounded by the forest and the beautiful lakes of Northwestern Minnesota.  Inspiration is pretty much everywhere I look.  I consider myself a contemporary artist, with a special interest in sky and landscapes. My paintings are typically more nonrepresentational and abstract in nature. I love color of course, and texture. I use a variety of mediums in my paintings, including acrylic, oil, and inks. Some of my most recent painting feature stone, copper, and other metals. I am inspired by earth-tones with deep shades of blue, brown and red. My inspiration comes from nature, and often times, my feelings and emotions are what's expressed on canvas and paper. That’s my way of capturing and honoring my beautiful Ojibwe heritage.

“I have never tried to prove that I was an Indian through my art,”  Morrison wrote. “Yet there may remain, deeply hidden, some remote  suggestion of the rock whence I was hewn, the preoccupation of the  textural surface, the mystery of the structural and organic element, the  enigma of the horizon, or the color of the wind.”  

-George Morrison - Minnesota Ojibwe Artist

• Austin Artwork Center, Austin, Minnesota April - May, 2023
• Detroit Lakes Public Library, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota January-February, 2023
• United Church of Christ, Waubun, Minnesota, November, 2022
• Gizhiigin Art Incubator, Mahnomen, Minnesota, October-November, 2022
• Adult Regional Art Show; When the Work is Done, New York Mills Cultural Center, New York Mills, Minnesota May 25-July 2, 2022
• Native American Exhibit; Red Door Gallery, Wahpeton, North Dakota.  May-July 2022
• Bi-Annual Members Show 2022; Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, Minnesota. May - July 2022
• Northstar Watermedia Society of Minnesota; Featured Artist Talk, April 2022
• Hope And Healing, Solo  Exhibition: MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, Minnesota March-April 2022
• We Are Still Here; Indigenous Art Showcase. Featured Artist,  Saint Paul, Minnesota November 2021
• Art Project 605, Inaugural Show "Wild", : Featured Artist, July 2021
• Northstar Watermedia Society Newsletter, : Featured Artist, April 2021
• Anji'Bide Changing our Paths Virtual Art Show: Giizhigan Arts Incubator, Mahnomen, Minnesota, Summer 2021
• At This Present Moment: Gizhiigin Arts Incubator-Saint Paul and Minneapolis Foundation, Summer 2020
• Members Show; Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, Minnesota:  June-August 2021
• We Are Still Here; (St. Paul Art Leap) Schmidt Artist Loft-Landmark Gallery, St. Paul, MN, September 27-October 13, 2019
• Park Rapids Art Leap: Beagle & Wolf Bookstore and Bindery, September 28-29, 2019
• Changing Horizons: Two Rivers Gallery, Minneapolis, MN September 20-November 8, 2019
• The Wilder Foundation Solo Exhibit, St. Paul, MN  March-May, 2019.
• Madwewe-It Is Heard- Miikanan Gallery Watermark Art Center- Jan-Mar 2019
• Andy Morris Art Extension-Featured Online Artist- January 2019
• NWICDC-Northwest Indian Community Development Center, Bemidji, Minnesota- May-June 2018
• Aazhoomon Indigenous Art Exhibit-Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, Minnesota-December 2017-January 2018.
• Andy Morris Art Extension-Online Group-Featured Artist February 2017