ѻýThe thrill thatѻýll getcha when you get your picture on the cover of the Rolling Stoneѻýѻý
The tune of Dr. Hookѻýs 1970ѻýs hit song, Cover of the Rolling Stone, was stuck in Valerie Rogersѻý head when she learned her award-winning painting of a chinook salmon was on the cover of BC Outdoors magazine.
ѻýMaybe it isnѻýt as exciting as the cover of the Rolling Stone ѻý but for a day I was humming that song,ѻý she smiled.
Rogers, from Salmon Arm, knew BC Outdoors was going to include an article about her, but not that her fish would be featured on the front.
Her chinook was perhaps destined for fame, after her painting, Rapid Ascent, was named in November 2022 as the Pacific Salmon Foundationѻýs winner of its Salmon Conservation Stamp Art Competition for 2023-24.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada issues the Salmon Conservation Stamp, which is purchased and affixed to the licence of tidal water anglers who wish to retain any species of salmon. Those who want to keep chinook purchase the chinook stamp.
Valerieѻýs spouse Neil subscribes to BC Outdoors magazine, so she saw her painting when his copy arrived in the mail.
ѻýIt came for him, so I have appropriated his. Heѻýs like, donѻýt bend the pages,ѻý she said with a smile.
ѻýIt was a nice surprise,ѻý she adds. ѻýIt is a privilege to see it there.ѻý
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