CARIBOU Geometry in Art Dimensional Design Silver Coin 20$ Canada 2016

The reverse design by Canadian artist Calder Moore features a stylized portrait of two caribou moving across a landscape that conveys the tranquil beauty of Canada's boreal forest. Presented in a low poly art style, the design brings together multiple polygon shapes to form a male caribou in a powerful pose as he looks up at the first snowfall of the season, followed by a young caribou at the river's edge in the background. Extraordinary sculpting, cutting-edge technology and advanced finishing techniques help distinguish the individual polygons, while their hard lines and sharp corners add a dramatic texture to the layered branches of the evergreens and the rocky terrain. The careful selection of colour to each shape infuses the scene with vibrancy while altering our perception of light and shadows. By overlapping the water's surface beyond the image field, the reverse offers a unique underwater glimpse of the caribou's splayed hooves that provide it with firm footing as it makes its way across this beautiful Canadian landscape.