Alora Griffin Artist

Watercolour Paintings

 
 
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SKEENA RIVER, BC

The Skeena River is one of the major fish bearing rivers in British Columbia, although sadly the fish have declined in recent decades due to over-fishing and warming waters.

HAIDA GWAII, BC

Haida Gwaii is an archipelago located of the North-west coast of British Columbia, just south of Alaska. It has been the home of the Haida for thousands of years.

COMOX, BC

Comox is located on the traditional territory of the K'omox First Nation., on the East Coast of Vancouver Island. The harbour features salt marshes, which are important habitat for birds and fish, and also filter pollutants, stabilize sediments and store carbon.

UCLUELET, BC

Ucluelet is located on the wild West Coast of Vancouver Island, where I spent many hours roaming the outer beaches with a pack of neighbourhood children. The name, Ucluelet, means 'People of the Safe Harbour', and is the traditional territory of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation.

SPAIN

These paintings were inspired by photos I took of the countryside while travelling by bus in the Andalusia region of southern Spain, with the exception of 'Olive Tree Hill' which was painted 'en plein air'.

My watercolour paintings focus on the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada, where I was born and raised. I'm trying to capture the beauty of the shorelines while they still exist as places to explore and enjoy.Our shorelines are now rapidly changing around the world due to our warming climate. These spaces, where the land meets the water, are becoming more threatened and threatening as floods increase and more plastics and fishing gear wash up on shore. As the oceans and rivers warm, seaweed, fish and shellfish are in decline. Locally the young salmon fry are frying in warm creeks while shellfish are cooking right on the beaches!

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