Back in March 2016, the BC Children’s hospital put out a Canada-wide call for artists to create 400 pieces of art for their new Teck Acute Care Centre. This summer, Bowen Island resident and artist Diana Izdebski found out two concepts she designed would account for two of them.
The first is a BC Coastal Alpine scene that will take the form of a 365 degree mural in a procedure room on the seventh floor.
The second is a coastal scene, inspired by the view from Cape Roger Curtis, that will appear on the first floor of the building.
Izdebski studied archaeology at Simon Fraser University and after admitting she could draw while working as an intern at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii, launched a career as an archaeological illustrator.
Much of her work shows how archaeologists believe a certain artifact may have been used, for example.
Izdebski says she submitted a number of these drawings as examples of her work to BC Children’s hospital – to show that she knew how to create narrative.
“They wanted the art to tell a story, to help distract the kids from whatever they are going through,” says Izdebski, who adds that she was particularly inspired by her own experience at Lion’s Gate Hospital after the birth of her daughter. “We were there for about a week, and I remember the mural in the maternity ward really made me feel more at home.”
The Teck Acute Care Centre will open in 2017.
