Canmore mural coated with new colour

By Leah Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Rocky Mountain Outlook CANMORE – A Canmore artist has given new life to a downtown Canmore mural. Pat Jakubiec has left his mark, once more, on the wall behind JK Bakery Cafe (7th Avenue), spraying over his weathered design with a new Rockies scene. When the trees around the edges of the wall were cut leaving behind unpainted space, the artist felt it was time for a refresh. “I just said, ‘Ah, maybe it’s time to just blast it all over with something new,’” said Jakubiec. “We just kind of agreed that it was going to be an ever-changing and evolving space,” he added, agreeing with the building owner. Painting over his old design that featured classic Bow Valley symbols of an elk,…

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