Castlegar, BC

After completing a Master’s degree in environmental practice, and assuming daytime parenting duties, Michael still finds time to create functional pieces, and lovely art, from wood. “It’s a beautiful material whose complexity is not just on the surface but throughout, a living medium that changes.” His previous entries in 2014 and 2015 speak to his truly original creativity.

Dedicated to those negatively impacted by the COVID pandemic, he’s created a striking sculpture: three tall human-like figures encircle and shelter a subliminal centrepiece. The evolving collective emphasizes the beauty of the medium as interpreted and composed by a talented devotee.