Deb Chaney partnered with Adera Development to create four large murals on the side of their recently completed North Vancouver residential development Crest.
Chaney’s murals were inspired by how it feels to walk through Lynn Valley, with its rushing river and the motion of that water. Along with the feel of the forest in fall, dry twigs, leaves and decay, she says.
Chaney was up against artists who applied from all over British Columbia, Alberta and Washington, and after presenting to the Adera group, with nine or 10 shortlisted artists, she was chosen.Article contentOriginally, Chaney says she was to create two murals, but it ended up being four. She worked in collaboration with Portugal-based tile company Viuva Lamego, who translated her abstract art into tiles, with samples sent back and forth to get the colours and design just right.
“When they arrived, we unpacked them and counted them and looked for any cracks,” she says. Having them installed on the side of theRocky Sethi is chief operating officer for Adera Development and one of the people involved in choosing Chaney as the artist for this project.Article content There were dozens of phone calls back in forth, and it was an extremely collaborative process. “She was just really great to work with,” adds Sethi.