Vancouver is Awesome Online Newspaper Feature

Thank you so much to Elisia Seeber, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter of Vancouver is Awesome for the - can I say? - awesome (!!!) write up about my public art installation! I really appreciate the detail of your article and excellent coverage about this 2,000 hand-painted Portuguese tiles installation entitled ‘West Coast Abstracts’ , created during the pandemic (2019- 2021), and connecting the etherial beauty of Lynn Valley to the Crest Adera residential building of North Vancouver, BC, Canada. Thank you .

My favourite part of this project - in the studio making the artwork that got rendered into 16’ x 10’ tile panels

The installation team - featured here Richard Finch of Richard Finch Tiles who brought his long standing expertise in public art and mosaic tile to our team and for the installation execution.

Myself, Deb Chaney, Bruce Walther, Richard and Ken standing back and looking at their progress on the 3-week installation at East 8th Avenue in North Vancouver, BC.

‘WEST COAST ABSTRACTS’ Viuva Lamego, Ceramics Deb Chaney, Artist These contemporary abstract paintings rendered in hand-painted Portuguese tile, use a play of colour, movement, and texture to capture the ephemeral feeling of a walking through the local rainforest. They serve as a reminder of the power of being in creative process. Connecting with our imagination can be both healing and self-empowering and is available to us all. Commissioned by Crest Adera Projects Ltd. in partnership with the City of North Vancouver Public Art Program, 20212019-2021 More info: https://www.debchaney.com/public-art