Spring Awakening was exhibited on the Vancouver Playhouse windows from June 2023 - June 2024.
Spring Awakening includes four different repeating images (a frog, a wild rose, a salmonberry, and a bear) designed and framed using Coast Salish Design elements. Each of these figures are symbols of spring and fresh starts.
In Coast Salish culture, the new year begins when the frogs awaken and begin to sing. The bears are drawn in a way that reflects an old type of design language in Coast Salish work. The salmonberry is the first berry to come in the spring and brings colour to the environment, while wild roses that come a little bit later represent the beauty and fullness of spring and summer, and the full circle of these patterns.