Tamar Griggs has been photographing her island community, passionately drawn to the people, events and changes in our villages for over twenty years now. Through her camera she has documented the fleeting moments in our lives and ultimately recorded history. The Faces of Salt Spring exhibit will be a showing at ArtSpring in the coming months. Over 300 islanders are in this series of photography and interviews, and if you are not in it, you are bound to know someone who is.

This weeks featured Face of Salt Spring is: Róisín Taylor Gill, 2014

I was born September 7th, 2010 in Santa Cruz, California. I came here because of Ya Ya and Baba mostly.

I am not in school so I am learning mostly at home. I am learning not to cry when I don’t need to. Actually, I learned to pump on the swing, to write and spell my name, Róisín, baking, and making beds like Jeanne-Marie (Herman) does. I am learning: don’t touch food when Mom and Dad are baking. I help cook, but not when I am sick. I swim with Baba, am careful with the violin and don’t drop the ukulele.

My passion is gardening, and how I garden, fast, and slow, and medium. I love drawing with crayons, pens, pencils, and stuff like that. I like the violin, and I LOVE GALVESTON. One of my passions is Ya Ya, and eating organically. I love seeing my parents sell at the markets.

I love the beautiful mountains and seeing the bald eagles fly, the canal, my dreams, Sea Capers, Apple Fest, walks with Ya Ya, and the Saturday Market. It is mostly all easy for me to live here.

Róisín Gill, age 4 when interviewed.

Róisín Taylor Gill with Mom, Lila Gill, 2014