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In 1972, Morrisseau was caught in a hotel fire in Vancouver and suffered serious burns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2015/07/mystery-man/|title=Mystery Man|first=Lewis|last=DeSoto}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u6AHDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT121&dq=Norval+Morrisseau+fire+hotel#q=Norval+Morrisseau+fire+hotel|title=Mythologizing Norval Morrisseau: Art and the Colonial Narrative in the Canadian Media|first=Carmen L.|last=Robertson|date=May 3, 2016|publisher=Univ. of Manitoba Press|isbn=9780887554995|via=Google Books}}</ref> On that occasion, he had a vision of Jesus encouraging him to be a role model through his art. He converted to the apostolic faith and started introducing Christian themes in his art. A year later he was arrested for drunk and disorderly behaviour and was incarcerated for his own protection. He was assigned an extra cell as a studio and was allowed to attend a nearby church.
Morrisseau was the founder of a Canadian-originated school of art called Woodland or sometimes Legend or Medicine painting. His work is influential on a group of younger Ojibwe and Cree artists, such as [[Blake Debassige]], [[Benjamin Chee Chee]], and [[Leland Bell]]. His influence on the Woodland school of artists was recognized in 1984 by the [[Art Gallery of Ontario]] exhibit ''Norval Morrisseau and the Emergence of the Image Makers''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=MacKay|first=Gillian|date=March 5, 1984|title=Salute to a vibrant revolutionary|journal=Maclean's|volume=97|pages=62|via=ProQuest}}</ref> He spent his youth in remote isolation in [[northern Ontario]], near Thunder Bay, where his artistic style developed without the usual influences of other artist's imagery. As the sole originator of his "Woodland" style he has become an inspiration to three generations of artists.
<ref name="coghlanart.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.coghlanart.com/norval.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109215831/http://coghlanart.com/norval.htm |archive-date=January 9, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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