A B.C. driftwood artist’s fun creations

—TEAGAN SLIZ

THE SHORES OF Esquimalt Lagoon in Colwood, B.C., are home to a plethora of wildlife: squirrels, bald eagles, owls, and turtles. Some are real, but others are artfully constructed out of scavenged driftwood by a local: lifelong hobby artist Paul Lewis. Paul was compelled to craft his first driftwood piece in 2018. “I had a bunch of leftover screws from a home project, and I decided one day to come down to the lagoon and start putting something together,” he says. The first sculpture was a bald eagle. “I started doing more sculptures, and people started noticing them, and the whole thing kind of exploded from there.” All of Paul’s pieces begin with a trip to the lagoon. “What-ever bird I see that morning becomes my inspiration for the day,” he says.…

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Cottage Life (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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