Patterns

Pattern in art is made by repeating or echoing the visual elements of an artwork.

  • 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!

  • The Rhythm of The Night

    11 days and 150+ hours to paint this 2 story, 100+ foot wall. The mural is titled “The Rhythm of The Night” and is an abstract mural inspired by Whyte Avenue’s nightlife and music scene. The shapes and colours are playful and represent the stage, the spotlight, the smoke and the movement you feel when taken by the rhythm.

  • Backstories

    This mural features a backstage scene, with props and set building materials. It’s located behind the theatre, and I liked the parallels between a backstage and an alley—all the types of objects you can find in both areas, and how each of those objects have backgrounds and stories they help narrate. Quite a few of the objects featured in the mural have symbolic significance to the building and the community, such as the fire coming out of one of the vents (for when a fire blazed out of that very spot), and the watering can for a homeless man named Whiskey, who waters the plants and keeps the neighbourhood clean, and with whom I shared many lovely chats throughout the weeks I worked on the mural. My hope is that the objects in the mural will gain extra narratives, holding different significance for each viewer, as the piece ages into its surroundings.

  • The Terminator

    This graffiti hyper wild style piece was painted with a mixture of Montana Cans spray paint and roller paints. A true graffiti foundation with modern application for the front of the gallery that hosted a large art show with all of the artists from the festival in attendance.

  • Ahead

    In my work, glyphs are treated as autonomous entities that defy their usual structures. Sketches, textures, shadows, lines and outlines become fundamental elements of the Composition. In this case, I am exploiting the length of the wall to create a horizontal motion. This piece is inspired by the materials and textures of the structure itself as well as the surrounding area’s luminosity. Colorwise, the mural interacts with the architecture, creating a dialogue with the palette of its surroundings, through a contextual approach that mindfully seeks balance of tones and contrast to blend this large work with subtlety in the environment.

  • Homehood

    This is a place for the community. Colourful houses adorn the wall to remind us of the feeling of home; a place where we feel safe, comfortable, and welcome. Together the illustrative houses speak of a community, one where every person can feel at home with other members of their community. The homes in their childlike form remind us of our childhood, of playing in the park with our friends, taking risks, and having fun ’till your called home for dinner. This is such a place, a place for the community to play.