Kirsten Degner is an artist and graphic designer living on Bowen Island, British Columbia, where she has made her home for more than thirty years. She is married with two children, both of whom have grown up on Bowen Island, surrounded by the forests, shorelines and wildlife that have become an important part of Kirsten’s life and creative work.

With more than twenty-five years of experience in graphic design, Kirsten brings a strong sense of composition, detail and visual storytelling to her art. Her creative practice combines this design background with a lifelong curiosity about nature and a love of collecting.

Over the years, Kirsten has built an extensive collection of natural specimens and found objects. Feathers, fungi, lichen, driftwood, bone, shells and other fragments of the natural world fill her collection and often find their way into her work. She has a particular interest in the flora and fauna of the Pacific Northwest and enjoys continually learning about the species, habitats and natural processes found around her.