Tabay Nghuni Nzoo translates to “Beautiful Story” or “Your stories are very good”.
"I began the process of developing the art by thinking of Vancouver as a city and what has always stood out to me: the interplay of city and nature, the very direct relationship to water and the sea, the big skies. There has always been a deep appreciation of those who came before me tending to the land in such a way that even now natural beauty is a defining feature in a teeming city. The ancestors and spirit that sits deep in the land are always very apparent to me.
I wanted this art then to reflect this and also to be fantastical — to engage both the land and the imagination.
I used big colours that match dusk and dawn, I brought in highlights of the old meeting the new (the cherry blossoms versus the cedar), I focused on iconic landscapes within the geography that is Vancouver. I depicted animals that we share space with everyday and perhaps do not see. If you look close, you can identify them. I wanted to explore our connections with ancestors and spirit and life."