Yellowknife (Nov 26/04) - On the auction block at tonight's Festival of Trees gala are some works of art you're sure to "a-door."

The pieces, painted by artists Dawn Oman, Terrance Pamplin, Jan Granberg, Lauren Cowles and Darcy Moses will be sold to benefit the Stanton Territorial Hospital Foundation.

Dawn Oman finished both sides of her door in about 25 hours. The piece is called "Surf 'n Turf," because it's decorated with fish on one side and a caribou on the other. Oman said that on a commission, she would likely charge around $10,000 for the work.

Pamplin spent Tuesday evening varnishing his creation, a sprawling rendition of creation entitled "Nuliajuk gives Sedna to the world."

Sedna is the recently-discovered 10th planet, and is named after the Inuit sea goddess.

The work is "my version of the origins of the universe," explained Pamplin, "my big whale as opposed to a Big Bang. I am a creator: I create worlds at my whim. This is my creation theory."

He estimated the work -- one side, but with a decorated door frame -- took "a couple hundred hours." The planets on the door will be completed with button-like moons.

Neither Oman nor Pamplin had ever painted a door before.