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The Edmonton Oilers’ playoff run is inspiring the team’s most creative fans.
“Creativity comes in random spurts, more often than not,” artist Taleb Choucair told CTV News Edmonton in a recent interview.
“So usually during the playoffs I get that hype… I feel that’s when the Oilers paintings, for me, really thrive and I get my best paintings out during that time.”
Since last season’s playoff run, he has created about 20 portraits of the Oilers’ star players.
The paintings portray the players on the ice, perhaps gliding back to the centre line or celebrating a goal. Like his other work, the portraits feature some abstract styling and high contrast colouring.
They are displayed in a gallery at Hectic Cutz, a barbershop that has been frequented by some of the Oilers’ star players.
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