Fantasy

Fantasy art is a genre of art that depicts magical or other supernatural themes, ideas, creatures or settings.

  • A Better Mousetrap

    This was one of three murals of West End Biz’s ENERGIZE Mural Project, which was a live mural painting event along Sargent Avenue. This mural draws inspiration from Alice in Wonderland and includes a large dormouse, a mad hatter that controls a rather small mouse trap, and a shocked Cheshire cat.

  • Unknown

    A five panel mural following a person walking through a garden of seedlings. The person shrinks to find themselves wandering through the seedlings which are now the size of trees that they climb.

  • The School of the Golden Era

    According to the Vancouver Mural Festival, artist duo Nelson Garcia and Xochitl Leal sought to beautify the campus space, utilizing the scale and visibility of the wall to bring to life an iconoclastic rendering of a renaissance painting of famous philosophers Plato and Socrates, injecting surrealism into the scene by transforming the main characters into various animals.

  • Argos

    The mural depicts a myth from the artists home country of Cyprus. One that audiences familiar with Homer’s The Odyssey will recognize.

  • Mending

    Winner of Mural of the Year 2016, this mural depicts a woman mending a ripped heart with thread. It represents the unity of First Nations peoples, from the South to the North. The muskox on her hat relate to how these animals protect their young from predators. The vamps on her poncho are symbols for the missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, and it highlights the severity of this issue in this particular area of Winnipeg. The act of heart mending occurs every day, in various ways whether it be physical or spiritual, we are all on a process of healing.

  • Lady Mermaids

    The mural depicts four distinct female mermaids in progressive stages of rest and movement. The aquatic life and sea elements are meant to show the awareness of the ocean on the Pacific Coast, as well as provide a setting of transformation. The collaboration between the artists is shown through the interactions of the mermaids on the mural, as a symbol of the female cooperation that brought this mural to life.

  • Untitled

    Portland-based artist Toilet Snake painted this skateboarding and pop art-inspired mural for the inaugural Vancouver Mural Festival in 2016, drawing on the rebellious attitude of the adjacent Anti-Social Skateboard Shop to capture the bubbly yet chaotic aesthetic style of 80’s and 90’s skateboard culture.

  • Tipi Silhouette

    This mural was a part of Astum Api Niikinaahk, an Indigenous-led housing project at Circle of Life Thunderbird House, the goal of the project to end and bring attention to homelessness. Five Indigenous artists were invited to create public art for the new housing site.

  • Sea Goddess Building the Land

    Bunker mural painted on all 4 sides by FPMONKEY in aerosol, featuring a sea goddess inspired by Chinese mythology building the land which turns into the Toronto skyline. Theme given to artist was “the land.” Yachts are seen in the water to reflect the nearby boat pier along the waterfront. Located at Coronation Park, funded by stART Toronto. Completed in 2023.

  • Connections

    Themes of communication and the symbiosis of energies are prevalent within my work. This Mural represents the need for communication, self-reflection and the sharing of (our personal) stories. It represents a journey to self-healing by listening to one’s instincts.” Sponsored by Synonym Art Consultation, Graffiti Art Programming, Downtown Winnipeg BIZ, Wall to Wall Mural & Culture Festival, and Signex Manufacturing.

  • 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.

  • Lorfolk Lane

    This fairy forest mural was commissioned by the BIA and completed in 2019 by ACAD students in partnership with Norfolk Housing Association. Fairy doors compliment this charming mural.