This is my 2013 design for Oceans Day. My idea was (as a landed immigrant to the Heiltsuk Nation) to marry traditional Heiltsuk art with psychadelic poster art. The whale fluke is inspired from an image of a humpback whale by Heiltsuk artist, Larry Campbell. The negative spaces above and below the tail fluke represent clouds and water, the lettering represent the sun.
The lettering is inspired by Victor Moscoso's posters from the mid sixties. He deliberately created lettering styles that were as illegible as possible.
The lettering is inspired by Victor Moscoso's posters from the mid sixties. He deliberately created lettering styles that were as illegible as possible.
This image is fairly straightforward. The idea is that the lettering forms the sky and water. These elements are broken by the pod of killer whales. The group of whales are meant to represent the people of Bella Bella, working and moving together for a common purpose.
This is a series of 3 posters used in the protest against the Northern Gateway pipeline. The three posters fit together to make a supertanker surrounded by oil.
This is another poster/ placard for the Northern Gateway/ Embridge pipeline.