Many moons ago while I was in art school I  apprenticed with illustrator Gary Taxali, and I’ve always been grateful to him for taking me under his very experienced wing. Even for someone like myself who’s familiar with Gary and his work, I never expected to see his work appear on coins, but at the same time, I’m not overly surprised. Gary collaborated with The Royal Canadian Mint, and although these are a smallest canvases he's ever worked on, they are by far the most important of his career so far.