New mural brightens Jamieson's Building in Whitehorse

The newest piece of work from Whitehorse's Splintered Craft art studio is hard to miss it covers two sidesof the highly-visible Jamieson'sBuilding, on Fourth Avenue in downtown Whitehorse.

The mural has been a group project this week, for a couple of young artists and an experienced graffiti artistwho's teachingthem some of the finer pointsof spray-painting.

One of the artists, Lia Fabre-Dimsdale,said the design"doesn't really symbolize anything."

"This is my first time doing something this big," she said, wielding a spray can. "I don't want to make it too weirdlooking."

"I kind ofjust put up what I thought would be odd to see, like not necessarily pleasing, but just something like, 'oh, that was different today, I wonder what I'll encounter tomorrow,' you know?"

Jona Barr,who helps manage the Splintered Craft studio, called it an "awesome opportunity" for the young artists.

"They're both pretty amazing artists, as you can see.That's why we picked them to participate," he said.

Barrsays the mural is already grabbing attention. Some people have inquired at the studio about enlistingyoung people to designothercolourful wallsor fences.

"Hopefully this will turn into a few more mural jobs that we can hook the youth up withand they can learn and create," Barr said.