Irwin Street
(2017)

3.5″ x 4.5″
Gouache, watercolour, and ink on paper.
2017

These are a selection of the houses on the street where I live in the South End neighbourhood of Nanaimo. This area was developed in the 19th century by people working in mining and forestry, on the territory of the Snuneymuxw (“Nanaimo”) people.

Small gouache painting of an older 1 storey white rancher with brick front steps
106 Irwin Street
A small gouache painting of an older beige stucco house with dark green trim and wrought iron railings.
110 Irwin Street
112 Irwin Street
A small gouache painting of a rancher house almost completely hidden behind a row of small cedar hedges.
122 Irwin Street
A small gouache painting of an early 20th century house in cream stucco with bushes out front.
128 Irwin Street
A small gouache painting of an early 20th century home with beige painted siding with maroon trim and a large flowering rosemary bush out front.
134 Irwin Street
A small gouache painting of an early 20th-century home with soft brown stucco and olive green wooden siding. The front door is painted green also.
140 Irwin Street
A small watercolour & gouache painting of a stately Victorian home with 2 bay windows, a large front porch and gingerbread trim. The home is painted sky blue with lime green accents.
152 Irwin Street
A small gouache painting of a 1970s style home in beige with brown shutters and trim and a white picket fence out front.
156 Irwin Street
A small gouache painting of an early 20th century miner's home painted royal blue with a white picket fence out front.
162 Irwin Street
Paintings on display at neighbourhood street festival, May 2017
Paintings on display at neighbourhood street festival, May 2017
Paintings on display at neighbourhood street festival, May 2017
The first batch of paintings on display at our neighbourhood street festival, and were offered to the resident of each home.