Tofino
I was pleased to be able to donate this large painting called Tofino to the sustainable coastlines, fund-raising dinner and do something for the environment. The painting represents a seemingly idyllic but illusory scene. Buildings are suspended, float on calm, untroubled water. However, they depend on the water for the support and sustenance. Their existence is temporary and the apparent calm masks a sense of tension and unease. The buildings and people inhabiting them assume the tranquility will remain. A ferry speeds across the bay, plying its regular trade – oblivious to the gathering clouds as the natural world closes in.
The idealised setting is in reality a reflection of the calm before the storm.
