Artist: Gijs Vanhee

Photographer: Wyatt Miller-Unser

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Artists Involved

Address

420 Vernon Street

On the Stanley Street-facing side of the parkade

Year Created

2025

Category

Festival

Accessibility

Dedicated accessible parking inside parkade on the ground level and paved sidewalk provides viewing along Vernon Street. Alternatively there is one dedicated accessible parking space in front of Ted Allen’s Jewellery on Baker St, with a sloped sidewalk down to a paved level alley. Level access.

 

Mural description: A large tree stretches from the ground to the top of the wall. In the centre of the tree, a large blue and white ship sits balanced between branches. Three ring-shaped puffs of smoke billow up from the ship’s funnel. A human figure with the head of a bird sits near the front of the ship, reading a book. A bright red and white lifering dangles by rope from the stern of the boat. At the stern of the boat, a yellow propeller peeks out from the right side.

Photographer: Electrify