Enclaves of artists and artisans have lived and worked for many years on Hornby Island – some since the back-to-the-land days of the Sixties. The Town Hall shown here has a splendidly landscaped roof and walls of stackwood construction – not often used for large structures such as this. This method, also called cordwood masonry, has been revived by the sustainability movement. Cordwood or short pieces of debarked tree are laid up at right angles to the wall surface with masonry or fireproof and earthquake resistant cob.
An explanation of the haiku on the painting:
Line 1: On a Price/Quantity graph, market is in equilibrium where Demand and Supply curves intersect.
Lines 2 and 3: Both these concepts are, like Line 1, factors embraced by the sustainability movement.
