There’s a new mural that’s set to add a spash of colour and meaning to the side of London’s Grand Theatre being painted this week.
Kazakh-Canadian artist Ola Volo is painting the mural on an 18 by 16-metre wall on the side of the theatre at the corner of Richmond Street and Dufferin Street.
“The vision for this artwork was to create something theatrical, something expressive,” said Volo.
The in-progress mural features a queen, who Volo said represents Mother Nature, partially covered by a large dove meant to symbolize new beginnings. Volo said the pink and green beams surrounding the queen replicate stage lights and the lightning bolts on the queen’s crown represent power. Around the edges of the mural are trilliums, which are Ontario’s official flower.
“I wanted her to take up the whole space, from top to bottom, head to toe, side to side,” Volo said. “It really …