In the top left pocket of the picture, you can just make out the red colour arcs of my Heart Labyrinth I painted beside this larger Orange one.
In the top left pocket of the picture, you can just make out the red colour arcs of my Heart Labyrinth I painted beside this larger Orange one.
Dear Vancouver!
On Friday Evening, November 2 2018 between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., we’re having a Pumpkin Parade !
What is that exactly?
We bring our Carved Pumpkins from our doorsteps, window sills, and front yards to a neighbourhood gathering spot, McLean Park, at the corner of Heatley and Keefer in the Strathcona Neighbourhood.
We then enjoy the artwork of our neighbourhood!
Hopefully there will be enough pumpkins to create an outline of a Giant Jack O’Lantern which we can all enjoy together!
Please spread the word and see you then!
Still Wondering and need more?
Read here : City of Labyrinth Pumpkin Parade video story from 2011.
" Vancouver Pumpkin Parade & Giant Jack O’Lantern Labyrinth! "https://t.co/KWEUaezwdi
This Friday Nov 2 2018, 6-8 p.m.
Bring YOUR Pumpkins to
McLean Park, Strathcona Neighbourhood, Vancouver
| #vanparks🏞️#pumpkinparade🎃#Labyrinths🍥
#Vancouver🌆#eastvan #dtes #strathcona pic.twitter.com/aX0HvJlEYl— HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of Labyrinths Project (@LabyrinthsDOTca) 30 October 2018
My “Labyrinth Pier, Vancouver” project location now has three painted Labyrinths.
This white colour design is a pass-through Labyrinth.
You can see from the first image it is still a work in progress.
I’m waiting for a break in the rain, long enough to allow my painting the thin outlines with at least one full coat using a full width roller brush.
The orange colour of this first of several Labyrinths to be painted onto this pier really pops at night.
Enough to stop runners in their tracks to snap a pic!
Earlier this afternoon, I visited Labyrinth Pier and chalked my usual π symbol in bottom of the slice of pie that are found in almost all my circular Labyrinth designs.
I also chalked a Heart in the Centre of the Labyrinth.
They both change everything. It feels different walking when both Pi and Heart are present.
“Labyrinth Pier” south of Granville Island, Vancouver.
The current thin outlines of the outer arcs / walls are almost invisible from this angle.
This image captures the moment-in-time in-between painting over the thin orange outlines into full width arcs viewable from afar…
My current multi-Labyrinth location is an unusual shaped wooden pier attached to Island Park Walk opposite Granville Island along the False Creek Seawall.
This is the first of four, and potentially five, different designs I hope to complete painting in this undefined public space.
Many people have already walked it in my presence, when it was first chalked, and even while I was in the process of outlining the chalk design with a thin line of orange paint.
The original colour choice was yellow, yet at the last minute I switched to orange. This turned out to be the better colour choice upon this dark coloured marine wood.
Many people stopped and chatted with me to learn about this Labyrinth, including the couple who posted this trio of images on instagram.
I am grateful to all!
At my Grange Park Labyrinth . . .
“X” marks the spot Sewer Grate !
“In different parts of Toronto,
A local Artist/Labyrinth Enthusiast has been given permission to paint Labyrinths onto local splash pads across the city.
What a joy!
I have a splash pad directly across the street from my house and look what they went and did last month.”
Ummm….
“…has been given permission…”
Sure, Yeah, Let’s go with that !
hahahhaha !!!
Well, technically, The local City Councillor, Mary Margaret McMahon, was literally steps away from the Wading Pool as I finished painting the Fairmount Park Wading Pool Labyrinth.
She was in the park for a small public meeting she had pre-advertised online.
I timed my final Labyrinth painting session so it would match the exact timing of the Councillor’s walk around the park.
When her meeting was done, Councillor McMahon came over, addressed me by name and asked what I was doing ?
I told her I had just finished painting the latest of my Labyrinths in my Toronto City of Labyrinths Project; placemaking Labyrinths within walking distance of every Torontonian.
I also clearly stated I just paint the Labyrinths, asking no one for permission, as there is no one to ask.
She said, “Wow”.
And we left it at that.