Bushido Tattoo
I'm currently working on my tattoo apprenticeship and getting an ass kicking but it's fun, challenging and rewarding. Yep, I'm truly blessed with a great mentor and surrounded by a gifted crew!

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Bushido Tattoo Mural
Psyched on this wall! Much love and appreciation to the super rad and talented crew at Bushido Tattoo for their warmth and inspiration. I'm SO stoked to be learning the art of tattooing from these wildcats; Doug Fink is beastly. I'm extremely fortunate and grateful!!! Stay tuned...

Check out mural here

Calgary Food Bank Mural
I enjoyed my time painting this mural at the Food Bank immensely. Big thank you to the staff and volunteers for their kindness and welcoming smiles. The Food Bank is such a great service because of people such as them that give their time and energy to hold space for the community. Please donate to your food bank, if posssible. Thank you.

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Sunnyside Garden Faerie
Check out the murals created for this location in Sunnyside Calgary, AB. There were nine artists on this site which made it a super fun time, esp. because it was for a great cause; creating sustainable community gardens! This is my first piece done entirely using spraypaint and I'm pretty stoked with the results. I learned lots from watching some heavy hitters and embraced some hot tips. Thanks to Adam and Sergey for organizing and to all the sponsors for donating the building and supplies! Go down and check out the other artists' work!

Check it out here

Murals on Memorial!
Check out the murals created for two bridge abutments in Calgary, AB. I am so thankful and honoured to be able to contribute something back to the community I grew up enjoying and watching develop from my grandparents' apartment balcony. Big thanks to City of Calgary Roads and Public Art Dept. for your support and efforts to beautify the city. Special thanks to all who passed through and shared your time and positive vibes!!

Check them out here

Open Source Street Art Project!
This project was created by Edmonton Arts Council and Capital City Cleanup, to promote awareness and encourage dialog between artist and community. The program will help evolve street artists and public perception towards this form of art by providing different sites to facilitate street artists. I had the priviledge to be a part of this proactive direction and really enjoyed my experience, as a lead artist, with the organizers, participating lead artists, local artists and community members. Thank yous to Ms. Johnson, the great students and faculty of Edith Rogers School for their time and efforts and hospitality; Dawn S. Dahl and the crew at EAC and CCCU, the Paint Spot and the City of Edmonton. Shoutout to the gifted Jason Botkin (en Masse), AJA Louden (and Leah), the Franklins, McKinnons and Millwoods Community!
What a fantastic time!!

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Ya Banners!
Mucho Thanks Rachael Seupersad@ City of Calgary Public Art; Mieka West @ Jump Consulting; Graham Gerlyo and the Installation Crew @ Lands: City of Calgary AND Luci and the super artists @ Big Bold Beautiful Banners!! Your tireless efforts, input, expertise and support made this a wonderful collaborative experience. I'm stoked and honored to contribute to the Centre City Banner Program and to Calgarians and visitors...and their critter family members!!
Check them out on the bridges and enjoy the weather.

See all original images here
Big thanks to Jon Bateman for sweet write-up! Read about them here

The Works Art And Design Festival!...in Edmonton, AB
Hey all! This year I participated in The Works Art and Design Festival organizing just one of many projects geared to provide free art to the public. I'm stoked to have been part of the program lineup w/ all the great artists and projects involved this year. I coordinated an art mosaic project involving over 50 artists; family and friends from all over; LA to Montreal to Yellowknife!?! I didn't know if it would work out as planned but amazing things happen when a group is focused on the same page... Thank you WorksFestival staff and volunteers and to all the artists who contributed their time and gifts in doing ... This! and to all the people who came out and had the honor to meet and play with! Thank you!

see art mosaic project along w/ list of artists here

Miner Pride!...in Fort McMurray, AB
What an honor to be involved in The Municipality of Wood Buffalo's inaugural Public Art pilot project. I had the pleasure of presenting to some of the students and faculty of Fort McMurray Composite High School as well as hosted workshops w/ the art classes. All this, and painting a mural w/ some help from some of the students, faculty and community members. It was an awesome two week challenge, it was crazy, it pushed me to the edge and in the end, it was fun! Thank you FMCHS, Ms. Polischuk and students; Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Aluma Systems and Char and PJ!

see mural project and workshops here

Calgary Night Out!...in San Francisco,CA
This event hosted by Tourism Calgary at the Alexis Laurent Studio was RIDICULUS! The night was spent surrounded by SanFrantastic people, delectable food and drinks and a savory soundtrack spun by Deejay Rice. The amazing Mark Cromwell along-side world-class chefs, mixologist and baristas, created works of art while racing against time. And the nearly 300 guests were smiling, laughing and enjoying every flavourful bit of the experience. It's a great honour to have shared their energy and been able to paint, live, for them. Thank you!

see painting here

Heya!
This 24' x 7' mural was created for Aquanode Interactive at their studio. Sheldon at Aquanode wanted to incorporate technologies that were helping(and not helping aha) push the evolution of intaractive programming. The project allowed me to explore new technical and creative approaches integrating the studio's nuances. And did I mention it was fun as hell! Big thanks and thumbs up to Aquanode family; Sheldon, Anderson, Avi, Chelsea, Cho, Cody, Josh, Kenneth, Lexie, Mikey and Rudi! for making it all a great experience!!
peace

see mural here

Hola Hola!
Here are the finished murals from "Art in the Park" taken fresh just after we had finished as dusk set in. What a great three day experience to work alongside these fabulous artists; very exciting to watch their creation process unfold through perkiness and near exhaustion and be able to share it all with the public. The diversity of styles within the project is the delightful cherry on top. Delicious!

see them here

Thank you Dale, Daniel, David, Dawn, Dean, Denise, Justin, Leslie and Tony for your love, spirit and support!

Blessings!
w

Hey Fabulicious People!
I wish you well!
I have been enjoying my summer painting outside for the City of Calgary Public Art Program. The Program's been getting great positive feedback during and after a project; great to feel Calgary peeps being into it and that the artist's are doing their part contributing to Calgary's beauty!

see them here

I'm super stoked to be part of another Public Art Project, "Art in the Park." This one's at Millenium Skate Park!!! I have the pleasure of painting a mural alongside five fantastic local artists. We have three days to bang it out, working on our piece through out the day, starting Monday, Sept. 19. It'll be a JAM session! So if you and your friends are into it or going for a shred, stop by, enjoy the late summer, say hello and show us some love. We'd love to see you!

Thanks for your support!
xo
wil

Hey All!
Hope all is well. I have no exhibitions coming up but would like to share some of my recent smearings w you and whomever else happens to spy one while out enjoying the city. Thanks, City of Calgary Public Art Program for providing the space to do so!

see them here

Hey All!
Whoa. I have a huge hangover!
I got drunk off the positive vibes of love and support from the crowd last night. I was truly humbled by the beautiful people and the event.
Stacey, Elliot, Jesse and the staff at Auburn are awesome!
Thank you all from the infinity of my heart!

The eclectic crowd that turned out was a fantastic showing of the arts community and its supporters. The mix included artists from Word-Fest, Tattoo convention, musicians, local theatre actors, Cirque performers and visual artists to name a few.

Congratulations to all the expected mothers who came through for a peek. You are wonderful! Interesting story is that they all sat at the same table...hmmm...a special table...a lucky table : )

and also I had to resist pinching a baby boy's cheeks...until next time. so cute!
and and Thanks to all for supporting The Boys and Girls Club of Calgary and Calgary Association of Self Help (no affiliation)!

Wonderful wonderful time!
Thank you and see you soon!

Love and gratitude,
Wil Y

Calgary Photos