Sun
The artwork design depicts the sun and is a painted cedar wood carving.
Artist: Leslie Wells
Location: Totest Aleng
Category: Civic collection
Year: 2024
About Sun
The artwork design depicts the sun and is a painted cedar wood carving. Inspiration for the artwork comes from the artist’s traditional name which comes from his eighth great-grandfather and means ‘sun.’
About the Artist
Leslie Wells is an artist of Semiahmoo First Nation who creates carvings, paintings, jewellery, and prints. He has apprenticed with Haida artist Robert Davidson, assisting him on a house post that now resides in White Rock. In 2008, Wells graduated from the Northwest Coast Jewellery Arts Program at the Native Education College in Vancouver led by Kwakwaka’wakw/Haida artist Dan Wallace.