Spring Awakening

2023 
Vinyl glass on windows 
30' H x 50' L 
Vancouver Playhouse

"Spring Awakening includes four different repeating images (a frog, a wild rose, a salmonberry, and a bear) designed and framed using Coast Salish Design elements. Each of these figures are symbols of spring and fresh starts.

In Coast Salish culture, the new year begins when the frogs awaken and begin to sing. The bears are drawn in a way that reflects an old type of design language in Coast Salish work. The salmonberry is the first berry to come in the spring and brings colour to the environment, while wild roses that come a little bit later represent the beauty and fullness of spring and summer, and the full circle of these patterns."

This installation was part of the temporary public art series "Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing." 

Photos provided by the City of Vancouver.