‘Seven Ravens’ original
“Salt Spring Island vistas from country roads, this
scene is a favourite across farm fields to distant Sunset Drive and the
glistening waters on Salt Spring Island’s west side.” J
“Seven Ravens”
Seven Ravens is a painted documentation of my walking the length of Salt Spring Island. Over a couple of years I journeyed from Southey Point to Ruckle Park, a pilgrimage of sorts, similar in spirit to my Chemin St. Jacques walk in France a few years earlier.
Every week or so I would set out for a two-hour walk in silent contemplation. I arranged for Duart to follow my route by car two hours later and pick me up. To mark the place where I would begin the following week, I tied prayer flags along the way.
For more than a year I followed this rhythm—walking roads, old paths, and forested deer trails. I passed farms, Ganges, Vesuvius, golf courses, cottages, and stretches of shoreline. Rarely meeting another person, I marvelled at the beauty of our island.
When I finally arrived at Ruckle Park, I knelt by the ocean, washing my face and hands in the salty water. In that moment I felt a blessing from my soul—a quiet completion in honouring my home island.
Jill
”Seven Ravens” is painted on 300lb watercolour paper, using watercolour and acrylic.
Framed in wood, warmed gold front, walnut grain edged sides. 1.5”deep
Outside dimensions 36” high x 17.5” wide.
Framed in UV Protected glass. Shipped no glass.
Painting dimensions 30” high x 11” wide.
$9500.
Reproductions are available as Limited Edition as well small art prints.