MANITOBA STAMPEDE MURAL 2018

This is a mural which I just completed in the town of Morris, Manitoba (2018) and it took 2 months.  It is located on the north-facing wall of 654 Main Street.  It is painted on the side of Bigway Grocers and represents the various activities that take place during the rodeo every summer; chuck wagon races, barrel racing, bull riding, bronco busting and calf roping.  It also historically depicts the building of the grandstands in 1961, logos and the clown.  I would like to thank Bigway Grocers, the Town of Morris, the Government of Manitoba (Heritage Grant and Hometown Grant), Take Pride Winnipeg, Morris District Museum, Valley Agricultural Society, the RM of Morris and Dr. Manness for their financial support.  Discounts were given by Home Hardware and TOC Rentals.  I would also like to thank my team of apprentice artists: Mason MacIvor and Manny Wiebe for their excellent artistic ability and Jun Lei for volunteering for one day.  Also held during this time was the Community in Bloom Conference which I was able to speak at.  The mural launch was held on the same weekend and I appreciate all those who attended.  Also, I would like to thank the Honourable Shannon Martin; MLA for Morris Constituency, the Town of Morris Mayor; Gavin Vanderlind, Tom Ethans; Executive Director of Take Pride Winnipeg and Pat Schmitke; Owner of Bigway Grocers for attending and saying a few words.  I also adore all the press I got!  Thanks a bunch. – Sincerely, Sarah Collard

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News clippings from Winnipeg Freepress, The Carillon, Southeast Journal and Pembina Valley Online.:

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/artists-combining-to-create-giant-manitoba-stampede-mural-488694601.html

https://www.thecarillon.com/local/Morris-muralist-brings-Stampede-history-to-life-489261261.html

http://www.southeastjournal.ca/files/Sej%20Sept%2013%20Web.pdf

https://www.pembinavalleyonline.com/local/ig-mural-planned-for-morris-bigway

 

My son Manny Wiebe’s first wall: Chicken Chef, Morris, MB 2017

Located on Main Street, Morris, MB (near the post office).  Thanks to Chicken Chef and Take Pride Winnipeg for sponsoring this wall in 2017 [Manny started painting walls with me when he was 13 years old.  This is his first wall that he was supposed to design and paint on his own.  He also received all the money for it].  At the time, he was attending Morris Public School where he took photography and digital pictures and learned to use photo-editing equipment.  For this design, we took a walk down to the Red River shoreline in Morris and we took photographs of the water and how it accents the land, forming a sandy beach. Manny had taken some nice sunsets of it and my daughter Sonja had volunteered a lot at the Manitoba Stampede.  Manny worked for the Town of Morris taking pictures and posting them on the website.  He took some great ones of the Ferris Wheel so he collaged it with the sunset beach and historical photographs of the native chiefs who first settled the area.  I painted about half of the wall.  He liked to wait until 1 pm to start painting but I thought it was too hot.  I helped him anyways.   In reality, we split the work in half.

StART Underpass Mural; Brookbanks Drive and Three Valleys Drive, Toronto 2016

 

 

 

 

         

Ravine side and Trillium side movie

There are two sides to this Underpass mural which was commissioned in 2016.  The first side is entitled ” Trillium Path” and the other side is “Morning Ride”.  They are painted in an impressionistic manner utilizing pointillism and colour induction ideals popularized by George Seurat and Claude Monet.  There are hints of the Group of Seven, Tom Thompson, Emily Carr and Woodland Native Artists. It hosts Ontario’s provincial flower; the Trillium, Toronto’s historical houses such as the Brick Works, the Old Mill, the log cabin and references to Evergreen.  Many school children pass by this mural daily making it a treat for the young and old.  5,000 square feet.  16 ft tall.  This is my breakthrough mural.  Both my children Sonja and Manny helped me paint this wall and we flew back and forth to Toronto which was lots of fun.  One of Sonja’s friends name Laney also helped to paint the black bird.

http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/pmmd/streetart.nsf/Artists/04A962F8FAC962B985257D7500489184?OpenDocument