Christina Morrison

Photo by Tracy Leal.

I am a self-taught acrylic marine artist from Victoria, BC. I have always been inspired by boats and harbours. My true passions are tugs, old wooden & working boats of the West Coast. I love the stories and histories of the boats and the memories that my art inspires in people that view them.

In my most current work, “The West Coast Tug Boat Project”, I will be painting all the working Tug Boats of the West Coast of British Columbia (over 550). Tug boats are a vital part of our communities, living on an Island, and I hope these paintings will one day be a part of our Maritime History.

This project is a collaboration, photos from mariners and marine photographers that I transform into paintings. I hope to one day put a coffee table type book together with all of the paintings, photographs and info on the tugs. I am always in need of reference photos that have the name visible and are clearly focused. Credits will go to the photographer.