Forest Bones: Do You See the Wolf in Me? Diana HayesSalt Spring Island, BC Vote Vote for Forest Bones: Do You See the Wolf in Me?Diana Hayes You can change your vote at any time before 5pm PST on October 17, 2025 Enter a valid email address to confirm your vote Email address Confirm vote Size 12" x 32.9" Medium Photography and archival print The skeleton of driftwood that washed up on the shores of Lake Cowichan holds time in every grain, every shadow, every creature that looks out from the forest bones in wood. There is a wolf looking back at you. Can you see him in the burl? Light changes, evening skies transform the wood, opening a portal, revealing the embers. The lone grey wolf is not lost. This work is dedicated to Takaya, the lone sea-wolf who was shot to death by a cougar hunter on Vancouver Island March 24, 2020. Prior to his death, Takaya suffered ten broken ribs following a heavy rainstorm. His ribs were healing well, discovered upon autopsy. His name, Takaya, is the Saanich First Nation word for wolf. Buy artwork Forest Bones: Do You See the Wolf in Me? Diana HayesSalt Spring Island, BC Vote Vote for Forest Bones: Do You See the Wolf in Me?Diana Hayes Enter a valid email address to confirm your vote Email address Confirm vote Buy artwork About the artist About the artist Diana HayesSalt Spring Island, BC Diana Hayes studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at UBC and received her MFA in Creative Writing. She published seven poetry books, recently “Sapphire and the Hollow Bone” from Ekstasis Editions. Her debut novella, “Looking for Cornelius” published by Wipf & Stock in 2025. Her photographs, shown through the Exposure Gallery in Vancouver and in the annual Photosynthesis Show on Salt Spring. A selection of her infrared photography was chosen for the Sooke Fine Art Show. Her work was selected for the Parallel Art Show 2021. She has lived on Salt Spring Island, the traditional and unceded territory of the Hul’q’umi’num’ and SENĆOŦEN speaking people since 1981. Follow on social