Resting in the Roots of the Grandmother
Grandmother Tree is located in the old growth rainforests of Vancouver Island. I once had the opportunity and privilege to travel to this place and sit at the base of this enormous Grandmother Cedar. The photos from that day have been my inspiration for this painting.
40” x 40” x 1.5”
Water soluble oils on artist quality sturdy professionally prepared canvas.
Varnish sealed for protection, edges painted black, framing hardware attached. No frame needed, ready to hang.
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On the Tree Farm License 46, an area of about 206,000 acres, Fairy Creek is an old-growth forest covering an area of about 5,140 acres. It’s believed to be the last unprotected old-growth watershed on southern Vancouver Island that hasn’t been touched by logging. There are no roads leading into this steep river valley surrounded by densely-forested mountains. Bears and cougars roam the stands of lichen-draped yellow cedars, some of which measure nearly ten feet in diameter. When seen from the aerial photos used by logging companies—who know this region as Tree Farm License 46—Fairy Creek appears as a continuous strip of dark green velvet surrounded by the tan-colored scabs of clear cuts.
(Fairy Creek is located on the unceded lands of the Pacheedaht First Nation, which means the movement to protect these lands inherently intersects with issues of indigenous rights and sovereignty.)
Up the mountain behind protestor blockades lays the Rainforest Flying Squad encampment known as River Camp. Here two mammoth cedars that have been dubbed Grandmother and Grandfather, line the rugged road. Nearby Granite Creek gushes through one end of the site, with waterfalls for jumping and tranquil pools for bathing. Unlike Fairy Creek Headquarters on the mountainside below, here there’s not a single clear cut in sight, and hopefully that will always remain so.