Locals - 20 x 19 - 2021

Title: Locals Size: 20' x 19' For: Meet the Street Mural Festival Where: Red Deer, Alberta Medium: Latex & Spray Year: 2021 ‘Locals’ depicts butterfly and moth species found in Alberta. This includes varieties such as the Monarch, Swallowtail, Red Admiral, Fire Rim Tortoise Shell, Painted Lady, Callippe Fritillary, Christina Sulphur, Common Wood Nymph and the Uncas Skipper. The design was created for Meet the Street Mural Festival in Red Deer Alberta. The environmental theme of this piece was influenced by surrounding murals done in the same theme and per the wall owners request for a design that was nature based. ‘Locals’ was a venture in replicating the energy found in hand brushed strokes across a large scale while teaming it with the realistic representations of moths and butterflies. Bringing in a lively aesthetic infused with a collage like feel, bright colours, movement to capture the energy of spring and summer months spent outdoors.

Meet the Artist

Anya

Vancouver, Canada

Anya is a Toronto-born multidisciplinary artist who combines her fine art background with raw material grit in both private and public sectors creating mixed-media installations, mural work and facilitating community art activations. The artist's approach to mediums includes latex, aerosol and upcycled waste while working with the mechanical application of spray and the energy of hand brushed strokes. A Queen’s University graduate, Anya’s worked with various organizations, municipalities and businesses creating public art within communities around Toronto and internationally. Recently her murals have taken her across Canada, to Europe and South America and her 2021 season, saw Anya cover more than 6,666 square feet in paint! Her corporate projects have included lead production on HideSeek, a 7000sq foot immersive art experience in Toronto in 2019 and collaborations with BACARDI, QUO Makeup, Moroccanoil, DELL, RBC, 1800GOTJUNK and Chevrolet. Her commitment to her practice especially when aligned with public spaces is to create with purpose and intention by weaving in narratives steeped in inspiration, pride and sustainability.

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