Heritage

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.

  • Power Play

    This mural celebrates Winnipeg’s passion for hockey and the return of the Winnipeg Jets to the NHL in 2011, after the franchise had been absent from the city since 1996. It represents an evolution of one’s career in the sport, starting out playing as kids on a homemade outdoor rink, to playing professionally in an arena with a crowd of thousands of fans. In the centre of these two scenes, displays many of the trophies and achievements of Winnipeg Hockey stars. such as Johnathan Toews and Bobby Hull. It includes also many trophies such as The Allan Cup, Smythe Trophy, Calder Cup and the Avco Cup. Other symbols such as the Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose logos are seen throughout, as well as the Winnipeg Golden Boy standing at the very top. Golden scrolls list various Manitoba hockey players throughout history.

  • Water is Life

    The project, an initiative inspired by Murdoch and acclaimed artist and activist Christi Belcourt, was designed to help the two artists get their message out to the public. That message, noted Murdoch “is simply to create awareness that water is important to us all and as such we are encouraging every Canadian to stand up and do something positive for the environment. If we can find the strength and resolve to work together for the betterment of the planet, then we have taken a step forward in helping to ensure that humankind will be able to survive well into the future. You cannot overstate the importance of a healthy environment and that begins by protecting our water. To emphasize that importance, we became involved in creating two murals on the same weekend, one in Edmonton and the other in Ottawa.

  • Valley Wall

    I have been intrigued with the city built along the river and its valley. The potential for a healthy city is, in every respect, as limitless as the park’s nature to grow in harmony with the city.

  • Trinity Community Mural

    This large community mural is a tribute to friendship and community. It is a project of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Old Strathcona of Edmonton at 10014 – 81 Avenue. The 24-meter-wide mural is composed of nearly 1000 individually painted tiles which were painted by about 400 people of all ages, all walks of life, church members and community members.

  • The White Tiger of the West 西方白虎

    This is the first of a 4 mural project series. These guardian beasts will be painted as landmarks around Edmonton’s Chinatown. This is a message that Chinatown will remain protected from the colonizers. The combination of 4 murals in different parts of Chinatown will be an allegory of its unity that guarantees its existence and longevity.

    In our mythology, the night sky is divided into 4 quadrants of constellations. These are represented by the White Tiger (West, Metal, Autumn, Courage), Azure Dragon (East, Wood, Spring, Fortune), Black Tortoise (North, Water, Winter, Longevity), Vermillion Phoenix (South, Fire, Summer, Wisdom). They protect important or sacred grounds, such palaces and tombs. In this project’s case, it will be guarding Chinatown.

    This mural faces the west direction, having this guardian white tiger watch over west of Chinatown. The other 3 will be painted accordingly to the direction, which the respective wall faces.

  • Ice on Whyte Mural Mosaic

    Communities in each province and territory across Canada will create sections of the overall mural that will connect Canada through art. Every participating city or town will create a section of the mural made up of 400-750 individual tiles that symbolizes their community.

    Each of these Community Mural sections will stand alone as a mural for that particular community. Then, each of these sections of the mural will be become one of the many storybook pages within the overall mural to form the ultimate visual time capsule and create a legacy for a proud nation.

    As each painting is part of a community mural, each community mural is part of the Canada Mosaic Mural. Each community mural virtually connects to other community murals resulting in a massive coast to coast uniflied mosaic.

    Throughout the Country, this equates to 100,000’s tiles that will comprise an overall image of train cars connecting Canadians from far and wide!

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    It’s like a mix between geometric language with different patterns, digital parts with organic parts… something like that. The Edmonton mural, for which Alberta is supposed to serve as the inspiration, should last forever although some colours may fade somewhat from exposure to sunlight.

  • The Hero

    ‘The Hero’ mural, crafted by the artistic talents of Hardthirteen, Trevor Peters, and Annaliza Toledo, not only ranks as their largest creation but also signifies a monumental achievement for EMF. It is a striking work of art, radiating both immense presence and boundless inspiration.

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    “The client wanted a wall that showcases the diversity of their surrounding neighbourhood as well as the city as a whole.”