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965 Wolseley Avenue (1)
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'Walk Through the Seasons'
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Location: NE corner Wolseley & Ruby, West Face
Occupant: Prairie Velo
District: West End
Neighbourhood: Wolseley
Artist(s): Sarah Collard (Collard Creations)
Year: 2012
Sponsors: Take Pride Winnipeg!, Herc Rentals, Paterson Foundation
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Sarah Collard: "On the corner of Ruby and Wolseley, across the street from Laura
Secord Elementary School, in the heart of the tree-hugging, granola baking, bean-
sprouting area, another Mural has surfaced. This summer, I put the finishing touches
on a wall that was in desperate need of attention. You may know this corner store,
owned by an Asian immigrant couple whose son recently died in an unfortunate
accident. With grieving parents, this Mural brought new life and rejuvenation to the
area."
"'Walk Through the Seasons' is often a difficult but necessary task when
dealing with the loss of a loved one, divorce, separation, relocation, or any number of
life changing experiences. This Mural is meant to brighten the neighborhood with its
pure colours and also reflect the environment in which so many Wolseley residents live.
Often one will see people walking their dogs or going for a walk down the lovely treed
area, lined with quaint, older homes. The suggestion is to take the dogs lead, grab the
leash and increase this healthy habit by walking your dog, through the seasons, through
the spring, summer, fall even winter. The colours range from springtime cool colours
such as blue and green to autumn orange, yellow and red. There are a variety of
individuals featured in the Mural, from children, students to middle aged. All are found
on the streets or sidewalks, cycling or just hanging out."
"When I was working on this design last summer, I took photographs of infamous
Garfield Street and the streets beside it including Sherburn Street for a recycling Mural.
The original idea was to have recycling boxes lining the streets, promoting the city's
goal of increasing the amount of recycled goods per capita. Soon after this, they
introduced the tall recycling boxes and distributed them to all households. One of my
friends visiting from Florida (Ben) modeled for me, lifting recycled boxes, stacking them
and dropping milk jugs into the bins. This may have messed up people's back lanes but
it was great to have a model who looked both aboriginal and white loading and
unloading these full recycling boxes. I never did use him in the mural but when it came
time to paint the central female figure I tried to make her look like him (but it did not
work). The reflections made me think of Terry Farrell, a senior artist who lived in Swan
River at one time and whose work I admired. His paintings were always bright and
brilliant, using yellow as a base and majoring on reflections, much like the Group of
Seven. Dale Wiebach in Swan River would understand because she introduced his
work to me. The family on the right is my cousin Rebecca Collard-Paulin and her
husband Allan Paulin and their two young children. They just had their photographs
taken by Hula Hoop Photography so I borrowed this great shot of them interacting. The
house on the left is located at 49 Sherburn St. South, Winnipeg but I changed the
colours to reflect our very first home in Swan River, Manitoba. It looked like a
Christmas house with a red brick base, a green roof and golden trim which brings the
colours of the festive season into the Mural. Meeting the neighbours was great fun as I
got to tour their interior spaces and decide which bathroom I preferred. I included a few
cats to balance out the animal kingdom, added the owner's dog, enjoyed kefir yogurt
from Tall Grass Prairie coffee shop and of course had to buy a pair of shoes from the
amazing leather Shoe Doctor. It was a pleasure and thanks to all who contributed."
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