08/18/2026
Roy was featured in this month’s Tofino Time! Written by Susie Doré, Roy talks about the gallery, his journey as an artist, and the inspiration for his art.
The article writes, “Sitting in a rowboat, his grandfather asked Roy what he saw. After describing the obvious, his grandfather pushed him further. ‘Can you look again and tell me what you respect?’ The second time, Roy noticed the direction of the wind, the changing tide, and how both would help carry the logs home. ‘Okay, now you’re looking, his grandfather said.
That lesson became the foundation of Roy’s art. To respect something, he explains, is to ‘respect,’ to look again. His grandfather also taught him that people are not separate from the land. Their ancestors become part of the earth and remain part of them. ‘You are the land,’ he told Roy.”
Read the whole story in the August issue of the Tofino Time, available all over town.
