The Carling Heights painted mural located at 996 Oxford Street East

Carling Heights Mural


996 Oxford Street East • London, Ontario N5Y 3K7
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      996 Oxford Street East • London, Ontario N5Y 3K7


      This mural project was created by the team at Laurie's Cookies (the former occupants of 996 Oxford Street) and voted for by the community to be funded by the Neighbourhood Decision Making program.

      Laurie wanted to create a piece of community artwork for the Carling Heights neighbourhood.


      Carling Heights Mural located at 996 Oxford Street East

       

      ABOUT THE MURAL

      This mural was created to beautify the Carling Heights area, give neighbours something to brighten their walks and daily commutes and to inspire them to stop and smell the flowers or maybe become a butterfly themselves. This mural was inspired by a love of nature, roots to grow and bloom and including some sentimental references to butterflies in memory of loved ones lost.

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    About The Artists


    Pamela Scharback

    I am an artist who seems to change mediums a lot. I used to be a ceramicist. I guess I still am I just don't make anything in clay right now. Currently I work primarily as a commercial mural artist. I do commissioned portraits also, but I find I change a lot. Although I also work in laser and cnc machined wood, wax and latex. I do miniatures. I love messing with found objects.

    Artistic Style
    I use bold colours and tend to find inspiration in the natural world -often painting on strong/dark coloured backgrounds. I use both brush and spray and have a very loose illustrative style in my interpretation of flowers, plants insects and symbols.

    One thing you love to do or a place you must visit in London?
    One thing I would do in London is to check out the 100 Kellogg Lane Complex. They are making a very cool space over there.


     

    Soft Flirt

    Soft Flirt makes tender art for gentle hearts, adding some softness to the Forest City in the form of screen-printed t-shirts, sewn home goods, illustrations and murals. You can find a little bit of Soft Flirt everywhere if you know where to look.

    Artistic Style
    Soft Flirt takes a tender approach to decorating yourself and your spaces, most known for her handwritten text and illustrations, Soft Flirt's artistic style takes a bit of influence from tattoo artist style flash sheets, a little bit of humour and often lots of florals to create artwork for softer souls.

    One thing you love to do or a place you must visit in London?
    A city is nothing without a community of passionate people to give it life. My favourite thing about London is all of the amazing pockets of artists and businesses that are working hard to create special things here. Whether it's the Western Fair or Covent Garden Markets bringing together multiple vendors under one roof, artists painting murals in all the neighbourhoods of this city, musicians coming together to make shows and festivals happen, or my personal favourite event punk rock flea market - the people in this city making their passions happen is the best around and makes London a pretty special city to live and work in.

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