Smooth Sailing

By: unknown •   

Artwork size: 7 x 5foot, 84 x 60 inches 

Date artwork was made or installed:  

Materials used: Jade

Story

This jade carving is estimated to be at least fifty years old, which seems fitting as Thompson Rivers University itself recently had its fifty-year commemoration in 2020. The boat was donated to the school by Claire and Robert Murphy in September of 2018. The piece was handcrafted using solid jade, and lives on the third floor of the International Building. The boat is inscripted with the Chinese symbols that translate to “Smooth Sailing” and “Best Wishes”.  In Chinese culture, these are wishes that parents, teachers, and friends send to their children on their journeys towards success. 

This carving’s beauty and its aspirational story were the inspirations behind an 800- square-foot mural that was painted in the three-floor stairwell of the International Building. The mural artist is Rayneil McKinney, a TRU Bachelor of Science student from the Bahamas.

Artwork size: 7 x 5foot, 84 x 60 inches

Materail used: Jade

Date artwork was made or installed: unknown

Artist name: unknown

Image credit: unknown

Location: International Building (IB), 3rd Floor

Location

Third Floor

INTERNATIONAL BUILDING, 3RD FLOOR, TRU WORLD.

Campus Art

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