The Goden Spruce is a single very special sitka spruce tree. It was located on Haida Gwaii(Queen Charlotte islands, British Columbia). It was a tree that should not have grown to maturity because it lacked the pigmentation in its neetles to protect it from the suns UV rays. Yet it stood tall and golden in a sea of green sitka spruce trees. This special tree was known as K'iid K'iyaas by the Haida First nation and as one can imagine, very sacred in its spiritual significance. On January 22, 1997 The Golden Spruce was cut down by an eco terrorist.
The story of the Goden Spruce is very dear to my haert and I had been thinking of how I could honor this tree. One morning I woke up with this image in my head and went out to the shop where I set what I was working on aside and worked on this untill it was completed.
© Robin Corell 2007