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Skyler PunnettB次元官网网址檚 new illustration, B次元官网网址楾he Crow That Ate The Wind,B次元官网网址� honours the first responders who fight wildfires.

The unveiling of the art comes as more than 1.8 millions hectares has burned in B.C. this wildfire season, as of Aug. 29.

B次元官网网址淎s the fires closed in around my hometown I thought of the idea of B次元官网网址榝ightingB次元官网网址� the fires,B次元官网网址� Punnett said.

Wildfires have raged across the region over the last two weeks, including in the South Okanagan and Similkameen.

Those blazes represent two of the close to 2,000 wildfires have been burned in B.C. this year.

PunnettB次元官网网址檚 work goes on sale Thursday morning, Aug. 31, with 100 per cent of the proceeds in the first week set to go to the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

B次元官网网址淎 child-like notion that one could somehow shoot the flames with a slingshot and bring them down the way David brought down Goliath. I thought of the ravens and crows circling above the fire and imagined one with the ability to eat the wind as it blew the flames towards danger and save us all.B次元官网网址�

The foundation honours fallen firefighters and helps support their families.

Four Canadian firefighters have lost their lives fighting blazes this year, including two in B.C. Devyn Gale, 19, and Zak Muise, 25, were honoured with memorials this summer in Revelstoke and Penticton, respectively.

PunnettB次元官网网址檚 illustration is a 16B次元官网网址� by 16B次元官网网址� archival print on water colour paper suitable for framing or hanging.

The print will be starting Thursday at 8 a.m.

PunnettB次元官网网址檚 work been previously been featured locally on labels and cans at PentictonB次元官网网址檚 Cannery Brewing.

logan.lockhart@pentictonwesternnews.com