Oil painting on wood panel. From the Food Sovereignty series: portraits of robustly colourful, energy-infused vegetables that depict the bounty of the earth as a key life force essential to sustaining existence. 30.5 by 40.65 cm (12 by 16 inches).

Margarite Sánchez is a Salt Spring Island-based artist, activist, and agriculturalist. An enthusiastic gardener as well as an accomplished artist, Margarite looks close to her own garden for inspiration. Drawn to the luscious richness of oil paint, her use of dynamic bold lines and vivid colours pays artistic homage to the Mexican muralists and grounds her work in that fertile artistic tradition.