Riverside

The latest  mural installed on the east side of Mr. C’s Convenience Store building in the Pillette Village/Riverside (Olde Riverside Town) area of Windsor is entitled “Zephyrus”. The concept and design of this nautically themed artwork painted in Art Nouveau style was done by Jeff Hasulo. The artists are Vandary Chheng, Christine Dexter, Jeff Hasulo, Donna Mayne, Jo Anne Plante and JoAnne Weston.  This Employment Ontario project was sponsored by:  The Ontario Government, the City of Windsor and the Olde Riverside Business Association.

The artists are are now preparing the westerly wall of Riviera Pizza, next to Tim Hortons at Wyandotte and St. Louis for the final mural of the series.

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A week or so ago I was walking east on Wyandotte Street East, coming up to the 5500 block near Prado.  I noticed that a fresh coat of paint was being applied to the west side of the Modrigal store building.  Silently I wished for a piece of art to be applied over this solid colour.

Today while walking in the same neighbourhood I felt excited as I observed a multi-coloured undulating wave along the wall.  A small group of people, some of them up on a scaffold were applying the finishing touches to the installation of pieces of a sailboat image over the wave.  I was grateful that I had my little point and shoot digital in my purse to record the moment.  In discussion with some of the artists I discovered that two additional murals are planned for this area of Riverside.

Bravo!

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