Waterscapes
The Work
Accompanied by naturalists, local children visited riparian areas within Kelowna and sketched their observations. The sketches were developed with guidance from professional artist Dawn Emerson into small watercolours, which were then incorporated into large banner-sized tributes to Kelowna’s “waterscapes”.
The Project
The project was funded by a grant under the Community Public Art Program with matching support from Science Opportunities for Kids Society.
The Artist
Dawn Emerson is a painter and mixed-media artist. After raising 4 children, Dawn went back to university to pursue her dream to be an artist and successively completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Education at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. She has had solo and group shows throughout Western Canada. Additionally, she has completed commercial commissions for a number of clients including the BC Museums Association, and has worked as a community artist for the Canadian Mental Health Association, the Water Street and Mission Seniors Centres, the Rotary Centre for the Arts, and Kelowna’s Canada Day celebrations.
