Artist Statement: Salmon and Water
The vitality of wood and water
for Coast Salish cultures
the wooden origins
of the print paper
the water inside
the printing ink
the concentric circles
of rippling water
the concentric circles
and crescent forms
found in wood gRAINs
small salmon seeing insects
falling into water
seeing water ripples
swimming to the top
of the water
to eat the insects
creating water ripples
human eyes seeing
water ripples
through the concentric circles
of human eyes
a rippling vision
of perpetuation
--lessLIE
Northwest Coast (Coast Salish)
Serigraph edition of 50
30" x 18"
2009
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