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September 18, 2021 to January 9, 2022The Front Project Space Grizzly Bears: Teachers of the Land is a partnership between the Bateman Foundation and the Grizzly Bear Foundation. This unique exhibition explores the lessons that we can learn from this majestic creature. Building a greater understanding of the Grizzly bear can strengthen our relationship with…

May 29, 2021 3:30 PM By: Bronwyn Beairsto Howe Sound is at the tip of Di’s paintbrush. One need only glance at the Bowen painter’s work to see where she draws inspiration. It was during a day trip to Bowen Island that one of Di’s works caught a young British filmmaker’s eye. Newly arrived from…

The video I captured on January 23rd, 2021 of the Northern Resident Killer Whales giving us a close encounter on Bowen Island, BC! The whales have been identified as the Northern Resident Killer Whales A5 pod – A42 matriline. Thank you to Jackie Hildering at MERS (Marine Education and Research Society) for the identification. Check…

Thank you to the Bowen Island Undercurrent for the wonderful article about our children’s book ‘Safe in Starry Arms’! Author Christie Lea and I talk about our inspiration and hopes for the book. Read it below: https://www.bowenislandundercurrent.com/local-news/bowen-islanders-new-kids-book-chases-away-the-monsters-of-childhood-anxiety-3265595 Visit the Safe in Starry Arms page to learn more about the book: https://artbydi.ca/safe-in-starry-arms/

A remarkable video by Bob Turner, Squamish, BC, November 2020 This is hands-down one of the most beautiful salmon spawning videos I have ever seen. In a crystal-clear spring-fed channel near Squamish, BC, filmmaker Bob Turner captures the moment a female chum salmon drops her eggs in front of several eagerly waiting males. A dance…

With Bob Turner (Be sure to subscribe to Bob’s YouTube Channel!) I’ve been thinking lots lately about the interconnectedness of everything. About how impact to one species or place can have ripple effects that stretch to seemingly unrelated environments. And this amazing web is none more apparent than in Alt’ka7tsem/Howe Sound, where the tops of…

2020 – Di – 30″x36″ – acrylic on canvas The Grizzly Bear, Ursus arctos horribilis, the North American Brown Bear, forest builder, apex predator and teacher of the land. They captivate us, terrify us, and connect us to the intricate web of life that exists here on the coast of British Columbia. It is not…

48″x60″ – 2020 – acrylic on canvas The Island Throughout Howe Sound you can find dozens of small islands; little gems of rock that survived glaciation during the last ice age ending approximately 11,000 years ago. As the glacier moved through the Sound ice flows slowly crushed and carved the rocks, widening and straightening the…

12″x36″ – 2020 – acrylic on canvas Floating along the south coast of Bowen at sunset. Cape Roger Curtis, land of rocky bluffs and wind-swept trees. In the moments just before dark, as the sun gives its last golden kiss until morning, the sea is suddenly calm. The noise of the birds and power of…

Check out my shop page for three new prints released this April! https://artbydi.ca/shop/

Apologies for the shaky video- a zoom lens and an excited hand are difficult to control! Watch our unforgettable experience seeing Orcas just off the shore on Bowen Island, BC. These Biggs Orcas, identified at T087 and the T124A2s, were en-route from Powell River on March 5th 2020 when they made a brief appearance in…