Jan. 15th – Feb. 8th, 2026

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 17th, 2pm – 4pm

In Joe’s Lounge

TESSA CARTER | The Four Seasons of Chapman Creek Estuary (ts\’úkw\’um)

Resulting from a year-long painting practice at ts’úkw’um, also known as Chapman Creek Estuary, this exhibition invites viewers to see the estuary with new eyes, to feel its presence, and to honour its complexity and resilience. The estuary is a place of confluence, where fresh water and saltwater meet, where herons, salmon, sedge, and the sky co-exist in dynamic rhythm. Over twelve months, Tessa Carter returned again and again to this tidal zone to witness its changes; the shifting light, the migrations, the floods, the droughts, and the wild quiet. This body of work honours the estuary as both a living ecosystem and a place of deep cultural significance, through pieces that are meditations on change, stillness, and interconnectedness. It invites viewers to see ts’úkw’um as not just scenery, but as a sentient, storied place that is both ecological and emotional.

Tessa Carter is a local artist drawn to the interplay of light and shadow, the shifting textures of land and water, and the energy that emerges from the spaces in between. Carter holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Education from Simon Fraser University. She has recently attended the Vancouver Island School of Art and a variety of other art classes.Carter has worked in a variety of mediums, including painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic design, and fibre art, and has exhibited her work in several local group exhibitions.