Under Wraps re-imagines utility boxes as canvases to enliven the streetscape. This project features the artwork of professional artists on vinyl wraps. Discover them all and don't forget to tag your photos #hhPublicArt
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2023 & 2024 Under Wraps Boxes
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Robert John Paterson: Harbour Stories
http://www.robertjohnpaterson.com/
Robert John Paterson is an illustrator and designer. He enjoys building intricate compositions from relatively simple shapes and elements. Harbour Stories is an homage to the East Coast of Canada where
most of his family is from. It features icebergs, lighthouses, whales, and coastal elements, seamlessly wrapping around the box and engaging viewers from
all sides.
Karen Roberts: Circles
https://artistkroberts.wixsite.com/home
Karen Roberts is a versatile artist based in Toronto. Her dynamic repertoire spans murals, digital design, still photography, dance photography, painting, installations, and sculpture. Circles is a contemporary design inspired by 1950’s modern art. Geometric shapes in an abstract arrangement of circles of various sizes, overlap, repeat, and create a sense of movement.
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Hope Flynn: Postal Wings
Hope created this artwork by using a blend of digital realism and traditional painting. Halton Hills being a certified bird-friendly municipality is a key inspiration in this piece. The artwork features various birds that symbolize new beginnings, bringing people together, community growth and development.
Alan McCord: Curiosities
Alan McCord is an award-winning photographer based in Georgetown. Curiosities features his photographs of coloured glass and colourful sunglasses, creating a quasi-curio cabinet. From a distance the cabinets appear filled with abstract brightly coloured objects while upon closer view specific objects inside the ‘curio’ are revealed.
Dayle Hawkins: United Spirits
Dayle Hawkins is a Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation artist. She has a lifelong love of art and has studied and used different mediums. The theme of United Spirits is based on the paths towards awareness and reconciliation. The background orange signifies the national movement of Orange Shirt Day, while the clasped hands represent the collaborative efforts between Indigenous communities, the public, and the government.
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Hope Flynn: The View From The Armstrong Avenue Property
Hope Flynn is a neurodivergent artist, muralist, and illustrator known for her captivating animal paintings. "The View from The Armstrong Avenue Property" is inspired by her hike along Armstrong Avenue. The artwork captures the Grand Trunk Railway Bridge; its sheer size made her realize our smallness in the grand scheme of the Earth. The reverse side allows viewers to experience the trail, complete with trees, pet, and the flowing waters of the Credit River. Using a blend of traditional and digital techniques, the vibrant artwork aims to uplift and reconnect viewers with nature. Her goal is to spark appreciation and community engagement, for the natural and historical wonders of the Armstrong Avenue Property.
Robert John Paterson: Coyotes Sing at Night
http://www.robertjohnpaterson.com/
Robert approaches each illustration with the goal of expressing the most while showing the least. He loves to tell stories with his pictures by communicating complex ideas with simplified shapes and colours. He never actually heard the coyotes sing at night, but kids on the playground that lived closer to Hungry Hollow or backed on to the ravine swore they heard the hoots and chirps from coyotes often. When illustrating this image he thought back to those nights sleeping with his window open and hoping to hear something. Drifting back into memories and feelings while creating a new work has always been an integral part of his approach to creating new work.
Julia Prajza: Sweet Peonies
Julia Prajza is a Muralist, Lettering Artist and Designer in Toronto with a goal of bringing more joy and colour to our everyday lives. She's currently passionate about public and community-engaged art to beautify spaces, uplift our spirits and inspire us. Julia's signature style is vibrant and playful with folk inspired details and a whimsical feel, often focusing on nature. Blending organic shapes with a graphic, bold approach, her modern-meets-traditional aesthetic reflects the unique charm of the past seen through fresh eyes. Enjoy "Sweet Peonies," a floral scene that celebrates the abundance of nature that comes to life in the summer, even in the fleeting moments of a blooming peony.
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Jungle Ling: In Our Neighbourhood
Jungle has been a practicing artist since the late 1980's. In Our Neighbourhood focuses on four local wetland and waterways residents who are listed as sensitive species or species which are facing extinction. These are the Brook Trout, the Redside Dace minnow, the Jefferson Salamander and the Eastern Snapping Turtle. Jungle chose to focus on these species due to their inability to protest the threats against their existence as well as to remind us that we share our environment with many others. Or more accurately, they share their world with us. Their state of well-being is ultimately related to ours.
Andrea Rodriguez: Jaguar
Andrea (aka andreacataro) is creative, bold, and colourful. Latin American biodiversity is her inspiration. As an artist, she aims to create awareness about the loss of the tropical rainforest through engaging and eye-catching messages that motivate people. Andrea works in a multidisciplinary setting, combining her design knowledge with her love for mural and lettering art. She aspires to brighten the day of anyone who walks by her work.