Cultural Background: Plains Cree Tribe, Ahtahkakoop, central Saskatchewan

Arnold attended the International Banff Centre of Fine Arts. In 1975, he enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program. In his 3rd year, Arnold switched his major to psychology and in his 4th year, he was employed by the Regional Psychiatric Centre (a federal penitentiary) from 1980 – 1995.

In 1995, he re-established himself as an artist with an updated portfolio and enlightened perspective to his ideology in art. He resumed his abstract, surrealism, and expressionism instructed by the likes of Tak Tanabe, Graham Coughtry, Mary Ann Bobak. He was accepted for exhibitions in SOHO, Nashville, Seattle and New Jersey. Nationally, he exhibited in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver; including his one-man show at the Wanuskewin Heritage Museum with HRH Prince Charles being present, where Arnold officially presented the prince with one of his paintings.

Writing has now been an integral part of his art, with a book being released though Wingate Press in June 2005 titled “Stories Moshum & Kokum Told Me” and this book was also shortlisted for the “ Aboriginal-Book-Of-The-Year”. He has now combined his paintings, his culture and short stories into a book of storytelling. One of his paintings was acquisitioned by a national jury for the permanent collection of the National Indian Art Centre in Ottawa. Poems, prose/verse are now also part of his portfolio. A novel, “Stirbugs & Screws” has been published in 2011.

Arnold was also employed contractually as a Visual Arts Teacher for troubled youth and continues helping emerging artists. Reaching and teaching these problematic young adults was something he loved and cherished. Arnold teaches native art, literature, story telling and how history and culture are passed on through cultural customs.