Fabric of the Land

 In the summer of 2021 I painted this 1200 square foot mural in the town of Vegreville, just to the west of Edmonton, AB.

The mural included a wrap around to the front of the store. The large side features a sunset storm over the prairies (a classic sky for me), and a field made up of Ukrainian embroidery inspired stencilled-on patterns. The front of the building sees the storm wrapping around, and a silhouette of the downtown skyline of Vegreville, including their World’s Largest Pysanka egg.

This mural took 1 full week to complete, and about 30 hours help from my partner Grace.

The mural not only highlights the landscape of the surrounding area (fields, large open sky, skyline of the town, etc.), but the patterns were all created by me, drawing from research I did by visiting the local museums and working from the patterns found on objects and fabric there. The rainbow gradient of the embroidery patterns is a subtle nod to the LGBTQ+ people that have always existed, out and represented, or not.

 Kenilworth Mural

During July of 2021 I painted this mural for the Kenilworth Community in Edmonton, AB. They requested something colourful, local wildflowers included, and coated in anti-graffiti protectant. This mural was completed in about 5 days, entirely by me, and is about 1000 square feet including all walls and roof.

Many of the wildflowers I drew and then painted were from my own garden (our entire front yard has been transformed into a wildflower haven for the bees and the butterflies), and they appear in the mural in rainbow order, a subtle nod to my own queer identity but for everyone part of the LGBTQ+ community to find themselves in the mural. The green and golden background gradient represents a golden sunset, golden hour, golden years - whatever you’d like to call those warm feelings.

 Custom Star Chart Mural for Jen

In fall of 2020 I completed this custom mural for my long time friend Jen. She wanted me to paint her basement floor, and knowing she is into astrology and all things mystical I said why don’t I paint the cosmos so you can walk the universe? Add in a layout of how the stars were in the sky at the time of her birth and it was a truly magical mural to paint!

Back Alley Mural - My House!

 I wanted to throw this sweet mural in here too. It may be replaced or highly revamped this summer as we’ve had to replace/repair part of the fence. But this mural has been an annual summer day for us of having friends over to visit while I paint more flowers onto this fence! My partner Grace is deeply into house plants, and each Plant & Mural Day she makes 50+ baby houseplants to gift to friends and neighbours who stop by.