Town of Chemainus (BC Island)

[Masato]

Hey all

1 stop on my BC adventure was the town of Chemainus, which is famous for being covered in murals all about the history of that town. Covered, indeed; they were everywhere. Some real nice ones too.

Obviously, they are mostly about Native genocide, romanticized to make white folk less guilty :D

I took these pics myself

[Masato]

This one is great:



but I think this one was my favourite:

[Masato]

I don't who this guy is, but I bet he could kick your ass:

[Masato]

There were a bunch more I'm sure I missed...

This was the weirdest though:

You see all the shadows? Fake. The tree and its shadow? fake. The steps? fake.

The whole curvy bit at the top is all PART OF THE PAINTING, then a cast shadow was painted over the other 'paintings'.

So are the lights coming out at the top and their shadow.

It was a tribute to Emily Carr.

I bet a lot of people don't even comprehend what they are looking at, its so well done:

[Edge Guerrero]

- Cool city.