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Sep. 21, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Very well-known, the Digital Orca by Douglas Coupland. Located in Jack Poole Plaza on the waterfront in downtown Vancouver. It…

Sep. 20, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Victory Square, south side, near Cambie on Pender. A very traditional metal abstract sculpture. Gerhard Class made this “Province Newspaper Memorial”…

Sep. 19, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Located in Seaforth Peace Park, across from the Armoury, south of the Burrard-Cornwall intersection, a very traditional sculpture honouring a…

Sep. 16, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

An informal and temporary mural on construction hoarding at the Joyce-Collingwood Skytrain station during expansion. The word “home” pulls this…

Sep. 15, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Park Ride

Just a guy, out for a ride. And a photog who likes the image.…

Sep. 15, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art, and More

Found this while attending Eileen Zheng’s Welcome Home event at Collingwood Neighbourhood House. Eileen became an advocate for organ donation after…

Sep. 14, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image – Public Art

The prolific Jerry Whitehead has this mural near the Home Depot on Terminal Avenue in Vancouver. It’s on the structure of…

Sep. 13, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Mobiquity

Sunday in Stanley Park. And Mobi has obviously become a part of the landscape, the mindset, the scene. Especially this lovely scene,…

Sep. 13, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art, Public Safety

Ocean Cement plant on Granville Island — with murals, including truck. Speaking of cement trucks and cement companies — here’s a great…

Sep. 12, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Stanley Park

Out on a windy, quasi-autumnal Sunday afternoon. A lovely, lively place.…

Sep. 12, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Jerry Whitehead did this small mural in a most unlikely location — the back wall of a parking lot under a…

Sep. 10, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver — Sigh

This tweet came my way today: Now, if they were all in yoga gear, with a mat and growlers in…

Sep. 09, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image(s) — Public Art

Queen Elizabeth Park is home to a delightful piece of new sculpture. You can find it west of the big…

Sep. 09, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

This one’s been around forever — located at 7th Avenue and Fir Street, under the Granville Bridge’s pseudo-freeway off-ramp. The…

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