Heritage (or historic) painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than artistic style. Heritage paintings usually depict a moment in a narrative story, rather than a specific and static subject, as in a portrait.
Artist: Colin Alexander
2074 2nd Ave, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1B1Portrait of Bob Marley in front of a Rasta flag on a door of the South side of the Pickapeppa Caribbean Soul Food restaurant.
Under the portrait it has the Bob Marley quote “Don’t gain the world only to lose your soul”
Artist: Efemena Ogboru
685 Westminster Ave Winnipeg MB R3C 0Z4One of three murals located on the Sherbrook Inn.
Artist: Dennis Bell, Diane Bell
842 Main St Winnipeg MB R2W 3N8The dancers were in honour of Diane’s mother who has now passed away. She was down there checking on us everyday; and she had made the costumes for this dancers. She was also a strong part of the dance company and helped get it started. She also went to a shoemaker and had all the boots made by hand. The material for the costumes was brought from the Ukraine, as were the hats.
Artist: Toilet Snake
2337 Main St, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 3C9, CanadaPortland-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.
Artist: Siobhan Joseph
2301 Main St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5T1M6Artist Siobhan Joseph from the Squamish Nation was inspired by her late mother, the matriarch of her family, who was outspoken, who protested, and loved children. Joseph had a vision of a woman standing in a welcoming pose, with a man and elder woman on either side representing the men and elders of her community supporting her. The matriarch is depicted wearing red to honour the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and situated in the natural landscape of the land, mountains and sea, to represent connectedness.
Artist: Fiona Ackerman, Joon Lee, KC Hall
2111 Main St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5T 3C6A partnership between the Vancouver Mural Festival, Nicola Wealth Real Estate, and The Narrow Group to transform an iconic Vancouver motel into a temporary art space, landmark, and community event venue before the site is redeveloped. Three artists with different styles collaborated to transform the motel into a single mural stretching across the exterior of the building which now houses artist studios.
