My Morning Jog and Walk in Vancouver on Our Last Day

Street Art in the Vancouver West End

My main priority was to see some of the best murals in Vancouver. The Vancouver Mural Festival App was a great source for finding street art in Vancouver. I used information from their app to create my own street art map in Google Maps. I used this whilst I was out that morning.

We were staying at 1289 Hornby Street. On the first part of my route I headed up to Davie Street. This was to take pictures of a couple of the street murals.

The first one being It’s Love Baby, which I happened to stumble upon. From the research I have done since my visit to Vancouver, this is a mural by artist Mega McGrath. The mural can be found near the corner of Davie Street and Thurlow Street.

I headed into Pantages Lane to see the Proud Together mural by Mandy Tsung. This mural was painted as part of the Davie Village Pride Festival. According to the artist ” The piece depicts a non-binary and trans-feminine couple”.

Next up also on Pantages Lane, I visited the “Divine Love” mural by Christina Hyrc aka Boots. This mural is really difficult to photograph from street level so this photograph is courtesy of Vancouver Mural Festival.

I continued my jog down to Beach Avenue and along Sunset Beach Park. The weather was glorious and to get to the bottom of Denman Street seemed to take no time at all.

Here was the route:

Denman Street

Once I reached English Bay I turned right on to Denman Street to continue my journey.

It is here that I found A-maze-ing Laughter. This is an outdoor work by Beijing-based artist Yue Minjun, It depicts 14 cheerful sculptures of himself, the happy chappy!

I continued up Denman Street and whilst on my travels came across the following murals.

The Blossoming of Compassion Mural

This is a mural by Kirk Gower’s honours Dr. Peter Jepson-Young, a Vancouver medical doctor diagnosed with AIDS. To help educate about his journey with HIV and AIDS, Dr. Peter Jepson-Young created the weekly CBC series Dr. Peter Diaries.

He also founded the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation and the Dr. Peter Centre.

Drifter by Drew Young was the next mural that I chanced upon. This artist is known for his dramatic, supersized botanical works of art. The mural creates a feeling of energy with the ribbons of colour that mirror those of the magnified flower.

Following this the next one “What A Ride Mural” was by The Creative Individual. The time of day meant there was a shadow I just couldn’t avoid.

Lastly on Denman Street was Thank you, Miss Rosemary by Sade Alexis. This mural was created to remember the work of Rosemary Brown. The mural with it’s bright colours depicts the joy for Black women that Miss Rosemary made it her purpose to cultivate.

Coal Harbour Marina

Once I had completed running down Denman Street, I then continued to Coal Harbour Marina.

Time for some more cityscape photos from this view point of Coal Harbour.

It was very peaceful at this time of day.

My final stop was to take a picture of this mural. Called the “Dreamweaver”, the artwork is a collaboration between Lauren Brevner and James Harry. The mural aims to depict community and solidarity. It shows two women standing with their backs to each other wearing a Salish blanket. They are surrounded in striking orange-red and black as these are the traditional ones used in Salish art. This can be found at 1055 Eveleigh Street.

Then after this I headed back to our AirBnB to shower and enjoy our final day in Vancouver.

Big thank you to Vancouver Mural Festival app for helping me find a lot of the street art in Vancouver. Also for providing much of the information that I have included in this post.