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Canvasing Southern Costa Rica

Explore the interplay between painting and the human condition. Southern California painter Sean Diediker travels to natural, spiritual and countercultural sites in Indonesia, Argentina, Costa Rica, Germany, France, Australia and the American West, visiting the places and meeting the people who inspire the original paintings featured in each episode.

Canvasing Southern Costa Rica

Season 1 Episode 101 | 26m 46s | CC

Sean explores the custodianship humans have over nature by visiting a treehouse community, releasing baby sea turtles, and discovering the origins behind Boruca Masks. These, along with a special experience involving two veterinarians and an injured bird, come together to inspire Sean’s painting “The Bird Doctor.”

Canvasing the World with Sean Diediker

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