Local artist painting to support long-distance runner
A local artist is creating a painting to support a famed Indigenous long-distance runner.
As Brad Firth, better known as Caribou Legs, prepares for another epic run across the country to raise support for residential school survivors, Kimberly Roblin is doing what she does best to support the runner.
“I told him that I was an artist… and if he would consider sending me some pictures that we could paint for him and use them as a promotion for his run across Canada to help fundraise,” Roblin said. “He’s doing it all on his own, he’s got nobody sponsoring him, everything he does, it’s all donations from people.”
With a laugh, Roblin suggested the long-distance runner would be in need of shoes for his run, and she was happy to offer her support.