Category Archives: art

BC Parliament Buildings – Front Fountain

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Katherine

The Front Fountain on the grounds of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings was designed in Victoria by Hooper & Watkins and manufactured in New York by Joseph W. Fiske in 1905. It originally had 4 basins and stood over 5.5 … Continue reading →

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Centennial Square

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Katherine

The Centennial Square fountain Related Posts:Centennial FountainUnplugged music – Market SquareOfficers’ SquareVictoria – CRD Square

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A bit of love – rainbow sidewalk

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Katherine

One of the Rainbow Pride crosswalks on Pandora Avenue and Broad Street, outside Victoria city hall Related Posts:Victoria – rainbow crosswalksVictoria at night – Pandora and BroadVictoria – ReflectionsVictoria – City Hall

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Nanaimo Wellcox Yard

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Katherine

A bit of train graffiti – Wellcox Yard, Nanaimo Related Posts:Nanaimo Wellcox YardNanaimo – Wellcox YardNanaimo Wellcox YardNanaimo – CPR Dock

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Duncan – concrete art

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Katherine

Street art or graffiti? Some street art is well thought out and conveys a message about life, politics, and even historical events that changed the way we think. These examples are at the long shuttered extruded and precast concrete products … Continue reading →

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Ottawa – The Maintenance Building

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Katherine

The Maintenance Building in Major’s Hill Park The Maintenance Building is a modest building with a picturesque roof and walls of rough cut, irregularly coursed limestone. It stands in Major’s Hill Park, in site of Parliament Hill and the Ottawa … Continue reading →

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Ottawa – The hill

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Katherine

Parliament Hill and the Ottawa River as viewed from Major’s Hill Park Related Posts:Ottawa – The Maintenance BuildingOttawa – Astrolabe TheatreThe hen partyA goat

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Ottawa – Victoria Island

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Katherine

A troubled history in the present – Victoria Island, Ottawa Related Posts:Ottawa – Supreme Court of CanadaOttawa River – a winter dayOttawa River – a winter rest for cruise shipsOttawa – Astrolabe Theatre

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Ottawa – Rideau Hall

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Katherine

Welcome to Canada, where our government is friendly and approachable. We don’t need tanks and barbed wire or walls here… Related Posts:Ottawa – LornadoBarbed wire – a country fenceRideau Hall – Mungo Martin Totem poleOttawa – 50th Anniversary of Canadian … Continue reading →

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A totem pole

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Katherine

A totem pole – Brown’s Bay Related Posts:Comox Marina – Totem PoleTotem Pole – K’omoks First NationFauxtoart – The way it isSnuneymuxw First Nation totems

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