"I love animals, especially wild ones. I once saw on television a tiger catching some prey. It was so beautiful. I chose Maplewood Farm because of the animals. Life is a big orange destined to be squeezed out for its juices. My work is the study of the fruit before the juices are extracted. I want to hold it in my hand and to feel its beauty and complexity. My works represent my communication with the big orange." - Setsuko Piroche
Part of the Visions of the North Shore project.
“I chose Carisbrooke Park because I had never been before. I loved the fact that it is on a hill. I love views where you are looking up or down and the Park is very undulating and rolling. It’s really about where the light is going and how the Park had been laid out. I’m always trying to lead the eye through the work. We seem to walk through things without really noticing them. When I find myself surrounded by inspiration in the world, it is often sudden and instinctual. What follows is a methodical need and sincere examination of how it affects the world within me. I try to capture the ordinary and make it a little extraordinary. I try to get people to look at things differently.” - Ross Penhall
Part of the Visions of the North Shore project.
“In North Vancouver, within a short distance, one can experience the quiet and beauty of a natural setting in Lynn Canyon Park. I enjoy the area as a retreat from city life; it is almost a meditational experience to walk the trails. In contemplating how to portray the park, I decided to use the images and colours that I feel best represent the area; pools, rocks, rock-canyons, and of course the suspension bridge. I see the park in colours of reds and greens (cedars, pool, vegetation) and I see, and I have used, the suspension bridge as an invitation to the path.” - Joan Smith
Part of the Visions of the North Shore project.
“A hundred times or more I have boarded a ferry from Horseshoe Bay. So many happy memories of holidays on the shores of Bowen Island and Vancouver Island! As for the Horseshoe Bay panorama, it will never lose its attraction. For me the crags and peaks of Howe Sound are the cradle of an abiding interest in mountaineering and outdoor sports. I never tire of viewing the rocky summits and the white lines of the plunging snow gullies.” - Arnold Shives
Part of the Visions of the North Shore project.
“I chose Ambleside because it’s close to my home. We had stories and a village across the water and thinking of history, there must have been a lot of canoes that beached at Ambleside. Now whenever we go on canoe journeys, that’s where the canoes leave and come back to. With this print I have one canoe on the beach and one on the water, so they are facing each other as if they are communicating with one another. My message is connection, present and past, and bridging cultures together through education and art.” - Xwalacktun (Rick Harry)
Part of the Visions of the North Shore project.