![]() Mostly self-taught, living on his boats, Godfrey has painted and sculpted his whole life with no other occupation In 1973, the 24 foot tall abstract cedar columns were inaugurated at Victoria's Times Colonist Press buildings where they currently stand In 1971, at a ceremony to inaugurate the Pacific Rim Park, then Federal Parks Minister Jean Chretien presented Princess Anne with a small wooden abstract carving the Parks Board commissioned from Godfrey. He dropped out of school at the age of 14. As a boy, he began an influential relationship with First Nations carver Chief Mungo Martin and Tony Hunt and began carving. Godfrey Stephens was born in Duncan, British Columbia. His painting and sculpting style combines West Coast iconography from First Nations references to classical Greek and nautical elements. Godfrey Rupert Cripps Stephens (born 28 October 1939) is a Canadian artist, best known for his protest sculpture Weeping Cedar Woman and large abstract wooden columns. ![]()
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