Morrisseau Forgery Ringleader confesses and slithers away | Gary Lamont Pleads Guilty

So, Gary Lamont pleads guilty to forging Morrisseau art. He was the wizard behind a dark scheme that produced thousands of inferior counterfeit paintings alleged to have been painted by Canada’s most significant artist. Breakaway forgery rings that knew his secret were formed. They competed with Lamont’s operation, producing thousands more. Many questions remain unanswered. What about the other crimes he was charged with? Why is Lamont’s wife/partner-in-crime included in his plea deal?
What about the complicit family of the late Norval Morrisseau? What about Norval’s sons, David, Christian (now deceased), and Eugene, who appear to have forged upwards of 2000 fakes themselves, while authenticating Lamont’s abominations for quick cash? Shouldn’t there be an inquiry into all this?
What about Norval Morrisseau’s daughters and their nefarious business enterprises with Joe McLeod and Jim White, and their joint statements in support of the perpetrators and forged paintings? What about the thousands of prints of fakes distributed Canada-wide, authenticated by their fraudulent Morrisseau Family Foundation (MFF) business? What about the MFF’s “wolf in sheep’s clothing” transformation into the “legit” Morrisseau Estate by slight-of-hand, the thread of birthright and the smell of money? By design, the Canadian public remain confused.
And what of Norval Morrisseau’s brother, Wolf? Is it only Wolf’s apprentice, (Norval’s nephew) Benji Morrisseau, that will be exposed as a painter of forgeries? This goes beyond art. A fragile culture has been undermined. Where are the confessions of these people?
What about the many galleries that, wink-wink, knew what was happening yet still took the easy money? Dozens of Canadian gallery venues were selling fakes, yet not one has to answer for doing so? This Morrisseau art fraud has undermined a generation of Canada’s Woodland artists. Morrisseau himself couldn’t compete with the Tsunami of ‘fake’ Morrisseau art that flooded the marketplace. We’ve all been victimized here.
There is a silver lining. There is a victory to celebrate. Lamont’s forever confession marks the beginning of the public’s process of separating the wheat from the chaff, of separating authentic art from forged art and authentic people from fake people.