Artworks

The “blob” characters represent how dogs see humans. See if you can find Bala, a local dog. She doesn’t like cats but looks like a lion.

Murals have the extraordinary ability to transform blank walls into community canvases. Dog Planet is one of four murals created by Luke Ramsey in collaboration with a guest artist to enhance a Victoria parks and reduce graffiti vandalism. In his past role as the City of Victoria Artist in Residence, Ramsey was tasked with ‘keeping art in mind’ and worked with staff and the community to develop creative artworks to improve City infrastructure. Each mural in this series has its own theme which reflects the park’s attributes. The other three murals are located at Hollywood, Spiral Beach and Vic West Parks.

Luke Ramsey is an illustrator, designer, muralist and painter.

Jill Stanton is a muralist and artist.

Luke Ramsey co-founded the Islands Fold residency, exhibits internationally and works in public art and freelance illustration. His client list includes The New York Times, The Cartoon Network, Patagonia, The BC Children’s Hospital and more. His collaborative mural with Josh Holinaty won a National Urban Design Medal from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. His book Intelligent Sentient? is published by Drawn & Quarterly, and was nominated for a Doug Wright Award. Luke became The City of Victoria’s first Artist in Residence from 2016-2018

Jill Stanton has extensive experience painting large scale murals, for both private and public clients, interior and exterior, across North America. Over the past seven years, she has produced over 60 murals of varying complexity and size. Jill has painted walls for several mural festivals, including the Vancouver Mural Festival, Winnipeg’s Wall to Wall, Tulsa’s Habit Festival, Dallas’ Wild West Mural Fest, Victoria’s Concrete Canvas Project, and BUMP 2018 in Calgary.