Carver Keom  works on a traditional medicine chest – photo 250News

Prince George, B.C. – When the sun is shining, the day  warm,   there is no better place for an artist to be than in a park.

First Nations traditional carver, Keom   was in Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park   taking advantage of today’s beautiful  sunshine to work  in on a special cedar box he has created.

It takes about  a day  to  put  the  box together,  but much longer to  carve to  intricate  “Spirit Art”  design that adorns  the  top of the box.

A self taught artist, Keom  also  makes  drums,  and has  passed that knowledge on to Peter Schori ( shown  at right applying paint to a  wolf design) 

“I’m just learning” says Schori  who has been making the  drums for about two months, but he is drumming up business.

Once finished,  the particular  box  Keom he is working on would be priced at $850 dollars  but Keom says any artist should be flexible when  pricing their work “An artist’s  motto, when you make a piece  and then you sit on it, and sit on it because you’re stuck on a price,  you’re  going to be a starving artist.  So if you have a chance to sell it,   sell it, ’cause we can always make another one.”