Salmon Water Waves


lessLIE

2012

Serigraph: Ink on Paper

19" X 8.75"

Artist/Curatorial Statement

This image depicts four black and red salmon in a rectangle, with negative circles and crescents evocative of water waves. Every negative design element symbolizes a salmon's instinctive vision and harmonious life in the Pacific waters and ecosystem. The C-form eyes of the salmon have crescents flowing away from the eye; a real fluid-flowing feeling, a rhythmic rippling evocative of water drops hitting calm water. The stretched crescent mouth and crescent gill represent the way a salmon brEAThes.

lessLIE

Exhibition(s): Perpetual Salish: Contemporary Coast Salish Art from the Salish Weave Collection