By Daron Letts, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Dawny Tanuyak finds beauty in the qualities that make each human face unique. “I just really like to look at people. I like analyzing their features, seeing how different we are,” said the 16-year-old Chesterfield Inlet portrait artist. “It’s hard for me to find someone ugly.” Tanuyak creates portraits of family, friends and neighbours. She works in graphite pencils, oil paint and gouache, a water-based pigment that is more opaque than watercolours. She has sold art commissioned by the local Co-op — a portrait of Sedna in profile, with the Inuit sea goddess’ hair churning like ocean waves in her wake. Her work is beginning to attract attention beyond the hamlet as well. Researchers with the University of Manitoba tapped Tanuyak…
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