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About Me

A fifth generation Texan sired by a Canadian, I grew up in Tejas, Louisiana and British Columbia. A creative grandfather of Welsh, Irish, Alsatian, German, Swedish and Texas Cherokee ancestry. I write because a blank sheet is a space between cause and effect where dignity abides. A maker of physical and visual art when Spirit moves me. ARTEMISIA is the current home of my work. Walking many roads, sharing my medicine, I currently reside in the St'at'imc Nation and it brings me joy to see i ts7ása úcwalmicw and skelkékla7 (young and old) dancing into post-Colonial reality with enduring dignity and inherent grace. To all my neighbours here in Lillooet: It is an honour to live among you in this powerful and magical place.

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MICHAEL HAWES IS PROUD TO ROLL WITH 

SINCE 2003

Start Where You Are

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God abide this gentle tide
thy ruined ledger mend
prithee heft thine avowéd birk
and bestow a safer Zen

glowing tree trunks
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