Murals

Mural Locations

  • Taking Flight

    The Mural named ‘Taking Flight’ is designed specifically for the Sherbrook Street community and Epic Information Solutions. This design showcases symbols of key subjects and phrases that have been brought to my attention by C.E.O., David Reid at Epic. It also depicts the vision I want to convey as an artist and a resident of the community of West Broadway, to bring empowerment and vitality to the area.

  • BLM – Spirit of the Ladder

    My works are made on various supports, such as paper, cloth, acrylic, self-sticking vinyl for cloth, magazine clippings, newspapers, as well as objects found that were consecutively attached to the works. In some cases, I use digital assemblies, my own images and images from the web, and scan organic and inorganic objects found on public roads and integrate them to my works. These digital/manual collages, stencils, illustrations, prints, looms and sculptures are not intended to explore unknown worlds, but rather to setup a connection with the imaginary that founded my childhood in Colombia, the memory of blackness and recreation of myths that left an imprint on my identity. These works also seek to build the story of a mythical landscape I use color and build characters based on the recreation of ancient myths according to my perspective of the world. The invisible stuff of my works are dreams, stories and objects of my childhood, as well as fears and images that appeal me from the Pacific Ocean and the dense forest I used to cross to get to the mountains. Those experiences remain dormant, like a second skin in my senses. The images that I create are a fickle body that speaks for itself by whispering their own universe where my hands screen their bodies.

  • Sweet Grass – Wiingash

    Sweet grass is a gift from Mother Earth. It is said to be part of her hair and the use of sweet grass promotes strength and kindness. When braiding sweet grass each strand of the braid represents mind, body and spirit. It is also important to remember the teaching of the sweet grass braid and walk that way when wearing a braid in our own hair. Smudging: The aroma of burning sweet grass has a calming effect and thus promotes kind thoughts. When smudging with sweet grass it is important to honour the hair of mother earth by smudging our own hair with the smoke. Prayer and Ceremony: Since sweet grass promotes strength and kindness it is often used in healing circles and during ceremony to allow positive energy, kind thoughts and kind feelings to surface through any pain and suffering.

  • Chip’s Vintage Mural

    Working with fabric has been a common theme in my work for the better part of 4 years. In particular, striped folded fabric has been wrapped around my process the most – despite focusing on it for so long it always feels new to me. As I have developed my methods for painting like this, I am able to notice patterns and don’t require a reference photo like I used to. Although there are similarities in the ways that the imagined sheet of fabric folds, it will never be the same as the next time I imagine it to be dropped, folded, wrinkled and smooshed. It is fun to play a game with myself by imagining where the lines are hidden by a crease or overlap and following them from their start to their end. This piece, imagined for the side of Chip’s Vintage, takes up the whole space and doesn’t give any hint to where it starts or ends. We can imagine this sheet of fabric continues beyond the frame of the surface of the mural.

  • Wind of the Supernatural

    Bubzee and Sage Nowak work together to combine the ancient art of the Pacific Northwest coast First Nations and settler pagan mysticism. Sage’s traditional art is glimpse into the supernatural world making visions tangible. Bubzee is a powerful wind; from the howl a whisper tells old stories that bring you to the roots of magic in nature. Their works weave together two cultures creating a powerful tapestry of reclamation. Their work is political, environmental, and spiritual. Their art creates awareness and touches on topics such as missing and murdered indigenous woman, fish farms, land and water defense, and indigenous/human rights issues in a variety of mediums including sculpture, painting, printing, beading, fashion, design, and performance. They are both professional independent artist that have been collaborating over the past five years and will continue into the future.

  • Magic Meadows

    Sarah Cannon (@nightarcade) was inspired by the natural wonders of the East Coast, particularly lupins. Another one of her murals, Sea Troll, is located on Halifax’s waterfront. Aside from being a muralist, Cannon is also an oil painter and digital artist based in Toronto, ON.

  • N/A

    The mural represents the “Indigenous significance of the Inglewood area where the Bow and Elbow rivers meet, recognizing past and present, the existing vibrant community and a connected future through stewardship of the land.”

  • Sound of Time

    “The design shows a young girl observing the creative hustle of two older people. The concept shows how the creative sparks of older people can inspire the minds of youth who will eventually grow into the people they once idolized” (August 2022)

  • Ohkoi’sski

    The mural has two separate but connected pieces.

    First, the mural on the wall depicts eagle feathers, animal tracks, and the confluence of the Elbow and Bow Rivers. Both artists felt the symbolism in the mural mattered most.

    The eagle feather is the feather of a golden eagle that has lost its spots and is now an adult eagle.