You are the artist or your own story.
Your creativity guides your journey
to the luminous essence of self.
Born in the wilderness town of Wells, British Columbia, from a young age Frimer was immersed in in the wonder of the forest, rivers and mountains. It was in these formative years, surrounded by the awe-inspiring natural landscape, that Frimer developed her creative vision.
“Through a series of lessons from history’s great artists, you will be transported from a mystical tale of beginning, to the People of the Book’s story on Mount Sinai, through my own ancestors’ journey in Eastern Europe, to my birth as a Jewish child in the wilderness of a gold mining town in the interior region of British Columbia.”
— Rabbi Ronnie Cahana,
Author, poet
These pages are a tapestry of shared wisdom. They weave together the threads of Indigenous experiences, ancestral journeys, and artists’ insights.
— Dr. Roslyn Kunin,
columnist editor of Prospering Together
Interviews & events
Maureen McGrath
Host and Producer of The Sunday Night Health Show,
CKNW 980 Vancouver
Sheryl MacKay
Former Host and Producer of CBC Vancouver’s North by Northwest
Current host host of Listen with Sheryl MacKay
Awards & reviews
Foreword Reviews Magazine
Finalist in the Art/Nonfiction category
“Luminous,” by renowned Canadian artist Linda Dayan Frimer, lights the way to our creative core through an intimate study of colors, forms and symbols.
British Columbia Review
“… A complex and intriguing work that mixes memoir, spiritualism, and meditations on art and colour with reflections on Judaism and her own family’s roots […] One subject that unites [Frimer’s] work is trees and their healing ability. Some paintings beg comparison with Emily Carr’s famous forests, but Frimer’s light-filled spaces and Post-Impressionist/Fauvist palette will hit a stronger emotional chord with many people.”
— Michael Kluckner, British Columbia Review
Maureen McGrath
“Her latest book is a culmination of her artistic career. It is also a very healing book. […] It is a magnificent book. I have never seen anything like it in my entire life. […] It’s outstanding, everything between the quotes from very wise people, the art, the memoir, your history. […] every single bit that I have read and viewed… it’s gorgeous. […] It is unbelievable.”
Where to find Luminous
Amazon.ca
Indigo Chapters
In Honour of
Our Grandmothers
In Honour of Our Grandmothers is a fascinating and powerful collaboration of four very talented and dedicated artists. This collection of visual art and poetry explores the dignity, beauty and cultural heritage of two distinct cultures. It honours the traditional cultures of the first Nations and Jewish people and celebrates their survival.
In dedication to our ancestors
whose path has led to our survival
and to the children of the future
in the hopes that one day
the divergent breaths of strength and beauty
emanating from the four corners of the Earth
will draw together
to realize a world of harmony and peace.
Experiences of oppression, religious intrusion, forced assimilation and cultural genocide are examined through vision and voice. In Honour of Our Grandmothers is unique in its portrayal of the parallel struggles of two juxtaposed cultures who survive and flourish in the cultural web of Canadian society.
“In the burning flames, six silhouettes appear in deep devotion: a final stand sealed in memory, of the covenant. The yellow star rises for an aliyah called in heaven’s name.”
— Renia Perel, Holocaust survivor
The creators
George Littlechild, Artist
George, a member of the Plains Cree Nation, was born in Edmonton, Alberta and spent the first part of his life in Hobemma on the Ermineskin Reserve.
George received his Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia. George’s work has been shown in galleries across Canada, the United States, Japan and Europe. His work has gained him international status as a First Nations artist.
George has written and illustrated a children’s book, This Land is My Land, published by Children’s Book Press, Emeryville, California. George currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Linda Frimer, Artist
Linda was born in the small mining town of Wells, British Columbia.
Linda’s painting is a unique blend of magic realism and is reflective of her deep spiritual connection to the lush mountain forest, surrounding her home and her Jewish cultural identity. Linda studied painting and printmaking and graduated from the Emily Carr College of Art in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Linda has participated in group and solo exhibitions throughout North America. In March of 1994, she was honoured as a Jewish Woman of the Year by N’Shei Chabad, an international Jewish Women’s group.
In Honour of Our Grandmothers is the second of Linda’s books, her first was entitled A Wilderness Journey, published in August 1994.
Garry Gottfriedson, Author
Garry, of Okanagan, Shuswap and Cree Descent, was born in Kamloops, British Columbia.
Garry graduated with diplomas in Education and Adult Instruction from Vancouver Community College. He has also received certificates in Native Adult Instruction through Okanagan College and British Columbia’s Ministry of Skills, Training and Labour. Garry is currently teaching English at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology in Merritt, British Columbia.
Garry has had a very active career in writing; he has been published in Bombay Gin, Boulder, Colorado, Gatherings Volume 1 & 2, Penticton, British Columbia, World Indigenous Anthology, Why Dee, Australia and Mapouche Publications, Chile, South America.
Reisa Smiley Schneider, Author
Reisa was born in Montreal, Quebec.
Reisa received her Bachelor of Social Work and her Masters of Social Work Degrees from McGill University. Reisa returned to school in 1979 at the British Columbia Institute of Technology to study Broadcast Journalism.
Reisa has worked as a freelance writer/broadcaster, publishing magazine articles and producing radio documentaries for CBC. She is presently living in Vancouver, British Columbia.