Victoria protester ruins artwork amid pipeline talks

Victoria artist Anne Hansen douses colourful sea life painting with black acrylic

Victoria artist Anne Hansen covers her four-by-five-foot painting of sea life, 'Red Sky In the Morning Sailors Take Warning,' with black paint on Wednesday to protest the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.

Victoria artist Anne Hansen covers her four-by-five-foot painting of sea life, 'Red Sky In the Morning Sailors Take Warning,' with black paint on Wednesday to protest the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.

Victoria artist Anne Hansen smiled as she covered her four-by-five-foot painting of sea life, “Red Sky In the Morning Sailors Take Warning,” with black paint on Wednesday.

Her action was orchestrated to protest the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. She set up her painting on the walkway below the Delta Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa, where public hearings are being held this week.

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