This salmon sculpture is one of three installed throughout Squamish by artist Christina Nick, the winner of the Connecting Squamish Neighbourhoods public art project.
The salmon sculptures were inspired by a Pacific Northwest Coast Aboriginal peoples’ legend. Each piece is made using welded steel, paint, resin and found objects that are unique to each neighbourhood.
“The connections between the town’s recreation and natural environment speak to me as an artist,” says Nick who has lived and worked as a multi-disciplinary artist in the Sea to Sky Corridor for the past 25 years. “I have been inspired, molded and touched by all Squamish has to offer and I feel truly privileged to create an art piece that links its neighbourhoods.”
Locations
1. The southeast corner of Pemberton and Cleveland Avenues in Downtown Squamish
2. The eagle viewing dike at Eagle Run in Brackendale
3. The entrance to the Garibaldi Village pedestrian overpass in Garibaldi Estates