"Run With It" TV Part 2: Artist shares her inspiration for the painting "Seawall Ascension" with host Christine Blanchette

TV interview Part 2: Vancouver artist, Kathleen Tonnesen, shares her inspiration for the painting "Seawall Ascension" with host Christine Blanchette.

Produced by "Run With It" TV Christine Blanchette; Camera, Ezra Wood @ezra_wood; Hair and Makeup, Sammy Tomita @snoww.whyte

Artist's Poem.

Seawall Ascension

One step, two steps, breathe - repeat.

Runners, boots, flip-flops, naked soles;

Bike wheels, skateboard wheels, stroller wheels;

Rollerblades;

Old smiles, young smiles,

Baby smiles -

Seawall meditation traffic.

One step, two steps, breathe - repeat.

Ocean calling card, salted tidal gifts;

Shell, rock, driftwood -

Temporary patterns of sand.

One step, two steps, breathe - repeat.

Flanked wet and dry; blue, green;

Laughter, contemplation -

Winding seawall, midwifes new thought.

One step, two steps, breathe - repeat.

            - Kathleen Katon Tonnesen, 2019.