An interior mural painted by Vince Dumoulin last week in Gastown. The Building is the former Vancouver Police Stables, now utilized as the offices of a software firm. Thanks for the submission, Vince!
Painted QR code shows what vandalized mural should look like.
Originally photographed by me, and syndicated by Wooster Collective!
More about the work from the artist’s website:
AUDREY - approx. 45’ x 14’ - Located on First Avenue at Nanaimo Street, Vancouver, BC - painted October 2005
This mural was sponsored by the City of Vancouver as a deterrent to graffiti and as a means of helping to beautify the neighborhood. The subject of this mural is Audrey, my daughter, and the background is in the Vancouver Art Gallery. I was trying to capture a dreamlike setting while keeping the image simple in order not to distract the passing motorists.
Update: I’ve learned the mural repair was organized by the Coordinator of the Grandview Woodlands Community Policing Centre (GWCPC) on Commercial Drive. This news item from 2008 on their website talks about RestART (restorative justice through art) and the kind of community based programs they’ve supported in the past.
