Two Nova Scotia men are painting a new mural in downtown Sudbury in the Mi’kmaq Eastern Woodlands tradition
A couple of Halifax-based visual artists are enjoying Sudbury's summer weather thanks to being invited to the city to paint a fresh mural downtown. Chris Mitchell and Greg Mitchell, twin brothers of Mi'kmaq heritage, were commissioned by Sudbury's Up Here Urban Art + Music Festival.
"So this is similar to Mi'kmaq petroglyphs. The moose is very common. So this is a moose and a bear. The black bear is important in Mi'kmaq spirituality. And then also they're both animals that are, you know, native to the area," Greg said. "It requires just one layer. You can do it a lot quicker and it's way more vibrant. So, we actually use the same paint we use in the studio or on canvases for fine art," Chris said.
Painting murals in the outdoors has its own level of attraction, the brothers said. Normally, they are confined to a studio working on canvas producing fine arts. Chris said that has its limits.
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