Chiwana: The Big River

Inspired by the woodcut print The Great Wave Off Kanagawa (19th century), by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Arreguín (born 1935 Morelia, Michoacán, México; lives Seattle, Washington) adapted Hokusai's image of crashing waves and added salmon swimming upstream to spawn. “Chiwana” is the Chinook name for the Columbia River in the United States Northwest. Oil on canvas, triptych. In memory of the artist’s mother, María Mendoza Martínez.