I create original works of art that unfold to the viewer,
revealing your story layer by layer as they move and interact with the piece
Everybody has a story. Let me paint yours.
My art is transformative and has the power to alter perceptions on so many levels. It can transform the client, the viewer, the physical space, or, if I'm really fortunate, all three.
It transcends culture, age, and gender. I strive to produce strong art that can be appreciated by all and doesn't require an elaborate explanation.
Human interaction is at the core of my work. When a painting accurately reflects the intended sentiment, and I get to witness the community interacting with my representation, it is one of the most rewarding aspects of my "job."
Educational Murals
A most rewarding challenge; inspiring students with nature. The northern lights illuminate the entire mural, starting with a boreal forest, moving to a steamy jungle and finally a coral reef. It was important to subtly show people interacting with nature as I wanted to encourage students to experience the wilds. ...
Natural History Artworks
From humpbacks to finn whales to orcas to blue whales, creating an artwork about whales remains one of the simplest and most complex subjects I've ever painted. Whales where the first subject I ever drew as a child and continue to be my favourite artworks today. I've only seen one ...
Narrative Artworks
This mural , 50 Years and Counting, depicts the 50th anniversary of the Mustang and a tribute to Edmonton’s last 50 years. As my client Empire Collision celebrated their 50th anniversary they wanted their story painted as community support; the triumphs, aspirations, and successes of Edmonton.
Community Event Murals
This was an amazing day with volunteers from the Kingsway district of Edmonton, including softball players, police, local business reps, and passers by. The mural was designed as an giant paint by numbers so that anyone could help paint, and did they ever! Normally projects unfold over over weeks and ...
Cultural Murals
Hope Hunter was honoured with a Giants of Edmonton Mural celebrating her work with Boyle Street Community Services, which helps support those who need a hand breaking out of the cycle of homelessness and poverty with self empowerment. Hope is a mural inspired and influenced by First Nations people in ...
Educational Murals
Urban Harmony is the sister mural of Natural Harmony at the Aurora Charter School in Edmonton, Alberta. Teachers, parents, and myself, as the mural artist wanted to strike the imagination of students using technology, architecture, fantasy, and nature inspired by the southern hemisphere, where the sky has Aurora Australis, not ...
Natural History Artworks
This mural was a partnership between myself, Jane Molstad of the McCauley Revitalization Strategy, and representatives from longtime local business Lucki's Exercise Equipment. The designated mural wall had been constantly hit with graffiti over the years to the point where it was one of the most problematic locations in the ...
Narrative Artworks
Sandy Lane Auto commissioned this contemporary mural to be painted live and celebrate the grand opening of their second store in Edmonton. The folks at Sandy Lane were open to an experimental artwork with their company name, so as a mural artist I jumped on the opportunity to push artistic ...
Natural History Artworks
This collection of wildlife paintings spans a couple genres, continents where I painted, and time periods. Several of these artworks were created during my artist's residency at Sachaqa Centro De Arte in San Roque de Cumbaza, Peru, where I was encouraged by myself, my hosts, and my artist contemporaries to ...
Concept Art
Conceptual art provides a visual actualization for a client's ideas. Whether creating architecture, advertisments, fantasy characters, or film sets, it's far easier and cheaper to see sketches of your ideas before investing in bringing them to life, and far easier to change a sketch than a building. Concept art will ...
Cultural Murals
When I was hired as the mural artist for a giant artwork there was a lot to learn. I had a great cultural learning experience painting this mural on 97th street in the heart of Edmonton's Chinatown. It's titled Ariose after the harmony that the property owners were seeking to ...
Narrative Artworks
This mural was part of the Giants of Edmonton; a partnership between Capital City Clean Up, Ched Radio, and the public where radio listeners recommend and vote on-line for outstanding Edmonton people, places, or things as subjects for the murals. The Famous 5: Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy, ...
Cultural Murals
As a Canadian mural artist one of the challenges I most enjoy is the unpredictability of subjects clients might ask for. This mural project in Edmonton's Chinatown was a beautiful example of the diversity my clients lead me towards, in this case learning about Chinese culture in Edmonton and having ...
Narrative Artworks
This mural is about the beginnings of the town of Beverly in Edmonton; their growing, their evolution, and celebrating their 100th anniversary. The neighbourhood's history becomes alive in a giant snapshot of the past, showing what it would be like to be there back then. A bright palate was used ...
Narrative Artworks
In this Greek streetscape mural named Koutouki, my clients wanted to project a vision of a vibrant section of Athens, called Plaka, into the 124 street area of Edmonton. The idea was to create an artistic prophecy and inspiration of what the area could become, for all of the public ...
Educational Murals
This mural began as an open call for artists to visually summarize the 7 habits in an educational context, and me having no idea what to do. After visiting the school and seeing the number of walls to be included I realized that the mural needed to have a consistent ...
Narrative Artworks
What if a building became an artwork of placemaking, one that brightly consecrates the variety and history of a community? That was the question I heard when the Oliver Community League hired me to paint a mural on a small building housing public washrooms and a community room located in ...
I am available for freelance. Can't wait for the next exciting project! Could be yours?
Kris Friesen
