Photographer\u2019s eye-catching installation reflects raw beauty of the Campbell River<\/p>\n
Published 1:08 pm Thursday, October 22, 2026<\/p>\n
A scenic shot of the Campbell River is permanently on display on 11th Avenue.<\/p>\n
Photographer John Westergard took the photo, showing sunlight silhouetting a tree and rocks while dancing off rippling currents. <\/p>\n
Westergard fastened it to a brick wall across from the Campbell River Community Centre on Oct. 17. It\u2019s right next to Alex Whitcombe\u2019s dreamscape mural representing the very heart of creative inspiration. That mural, which was unveiled nearly nine years ago (Nov. 14, 2017), includes images from many professional and amateur photographers.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to the present, and Westergard said his most recent contribution to Campbell River\u2019s downtown beautification is a raw photo with no filters.<\/p>\n
The photo originally caught the eye of Campbell River Downtown Business Improvement Association (BIA) executive director Jan Wade when she visited Westergard\u2019s studio.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had that picture lined up against a wall in glass,\u201d Wade said. \u201cAnd I fell in love. That\u2019s the only way I can put it. I fell in love.\u201d <\/p>\n
Wade said she received permission from Dawn MacLean, the owner of this property, to put the piece up on the wall.<\/p>\n
Reflecting on the photo, Westergard said, \u201cSo I shot it one morning and then Jan from the BIA saw it and some other members saw it and it came up in one of their meetings. And what they wanted to do was put a Haig-Brown saying in the corner of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The excerpt, from naturist and author Roderick Haig-Brown\u2019s \u2018A River Never Sleeps\u2019 book reads: \u201cA river is water in its loveliest form; Rivers have life and sound and movement and infinity of variation, rivers are veins of the earth through which the lifeblood returns to the heart\u201d<\/p>\n
Westergard said, \u201cThey wanted to do a piece to help beautify (the area). So they came to me about using the image and putting a Haig-Brown quote in the corner. And I said \u2018No problem.\u2019 And then I printed it on sign board.\u201d<\/p>\n
The piece was installed Saturday and is made up of three 5\u2019 by 8\u2019 panel Dibond sheets. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo it is eight feet high and 12 feet wide,\u201d Westergard said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photographer\u2019s eye-catching installation reflects raw beauty of the Campbell River Published 1:08 pm Thursday, October 22, 2026 A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75,36245],"class_list":["post-942591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-vancouver-island"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}