Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
John Wiens has enjoyed doing art all his life. Now he’s sharing the pleasure.
Wiens, 62, spent 26 years working for the Canadian Department of Forestry as a graphic artist, most of them at the Forest Research Center in Victoria, B.C.
“Growing up, I was interested in art, but my dad thought if I did art, I’d end up on welfare,” he said. Realizing that wasn’t necessarily the case,…