chilled imagination, frozen skyline

place: 1490 Venables Street, side of Broadway Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (CAN)
mood: inspired

The Georgia Straight's Best of Vancouver 2007:

Best Imaginary Vancouver Skyline

One of the best murals of Vancouver is easily missed. Artist Kris Friesen has created a superb nighttime view of the city on the west side of the 900 block of Woodland Drive. His surface is the corrugated-steel exterior of Broadway Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (1490 Venables Street). Friesen's imaginary-realist painting depicts many of the most notable buildings of the downtown area such as BC Place, GM Place, the Hotel Vancouver, and Canada Place as if they were all located on the same stretch of waterfront, their lights and shining walls and roofs reflected in a still sea. Nearby, off Commercial Drive, Friesen has painted a composite and detailed portrait of Venice on the south side of the Gelateria Dolce Amore (1590 Commercial Drive). It draws its inspiration from the canvases of 18th-century Italian painter Canaletto.

http://www.straight.com/article-110558/our-contributors-choices