Kenojuak Ashevak gets posthumous birthday Google doodle

KenojuakAshevak, the famed Canadian and Inuit art pioneer, is getting a tribute in pixels today courtesy of theGoogle doodle.

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The search engine's daily designis abrown and ochre owl with proudly splayed feathers. It closely resembles Ashevak's 1995 work Owl and Caterpillar on what would have beenthe artist's87th birthday.

She died in her home in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, in 2013 after a long battle with cancer.

Ashevak's The Enchanted Owl, her most famous work, was featured on a Canadian stamp and has permeated Canadian culture.

Ashevakcreated theiconic drawing in 1960.The red,black and blue print was featured on a Canadian stamp in 1970, and quickly becamean enduring symbol of art in the North.

The original TheEnchanted Owlis currently housed in the National Gallery of Canada.

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Ashevakwas born in 1927 in a camp on Baffin Island and lived the traditional nomadic life on the land before settling in Cape Dorset.

Despite being knownas one Canada's greatest artists,Ashevakis also remembered for her modesty.

Okpik Pitseolak,an artistfrom Cape Dorset whoknew Ashevak, told CBC News shortly after the artist's death that she was "very humble about her work."

Pitseolak said that when she appeared onthe radio totalk about her art, she didn't want to come across "as someone who brags" about it.But she was "thankful for the fact that she was given this gift."