For artist Laura Silva, it’s not just a commissioned portrait of a house — it’s an emotion-evoking artistic symbol of a cherished memory.
Silva is one of 25 artists who have volunteered to create art for those who lost houses, pets and family heirlooms in a devastating wildfire that destroyed 150 homes last month in the Halifax-area communities of Upper Tantallon and Hammonds Plains.
Silva — who lives in the nearby community of Stillwater Lake and was forced to evacuate along with thousands of others on the evening of May 28 — said the initiative is a way to emblematize all that was lost.
“You not only lose your house, you
