Kahlan Tarlier, a student from École Côte-du -Soleil, Powell River, won first place in the age 11 to 12 category of Pacific Salmon Foundation’s third annual kids salmon art contest.
Pacific Salmon Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to making changes for the benefit of pacific salmon. The winning artwork featured the impact of wildfires on salmon.
“I used reference pictures and it was fun to paint a salmon mid-air. I learned a lot doing this painting,” said Kahlan.
Pacific Salmon Foundation stated in an email to the Peak that it received more than 300 salmon-inspired art submissions from students across British Columbia and the Yukon.
“This year’s submissions from kids of all ages depicted the vitality of the salmon life cycle and migration journey, and the profound challenges to salmon survival. This contest has shown that the future of salmon stewardship is strong,” stated Michael Meneer, CEO and president, Pacific Salmon Foundation.
Pacific Salmon Foundation added that the submissions ranged from digital art and Lego sculptures to eyed salmon egg drawings inspired by Kwakwaka’wakw artist Steve Smith (Dla’kwagila) of the Oweekeno Nation.
To find more information on the contest and view other submissions, click here.
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