Aggressively West Coast

Laura Tang, 2T5 WB

Aritst’s Statement: When I think about what it means to “ground oneself,” I think about the places where I feel happiest and most free. On the far edges of the continent, the Vancouver Island coastline is one such place. In this painting, I tried to share the diversity of life and rich colour beneath the waves. Peering over the edge of a canoe, you can glimpse deep purple sea urchins jostling for space between saucer-sized sea stars, as fronds of bull kelp wave to the rush of the warm currents. (In this memory, we leaned too far and tipped the canoe, falling in!)

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