Large murals seen around downtown Vancouver.

below:  Flowers growing beside the entrance to an office building in a painting by Anais Lera

below: “Dreamweaver”, 2020, by Lauren Brevner and James Nexw’Kalus-Xwalacktun Harry (aka James Harry) in part as a response to the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement.  Commissioned by the Vancouver Mural Festival and Hudson Pacific Properties.

below: On the side of a parking structure at Seymour and West Pender, Carolyn Wong has painted a large mural featuring aquatic life in a pond.  Ducks and fish swim among the water lilies.

below: In the fading light of late afternoon, “Earth Justice” by Shepard Fairey takes on a yellowish glow. Financial help for this mural was provided from the Burrard Arts Foundation and their ‘Surface Series’

below: Another Lauren Brevner and James Harry mural; this one, also from 2020, is the story of how salmon came to the Squamish people.

below:  Ola Volo’s “Wall for Women” at Burrard station.

below: A collage of musical elements adorns a wall behind the Lennox Pub in a lane off of Granville Street.  It was painted by Nada Hayek.

below: “Street art”

Photos taken April 2025