Comments on: Fraser Wilson and the (mostly) Working Man’s Mural

By: Nia Hayes - ShunCy

Nia Hayes - ShunCy — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 04:49:28 +0000

I spent the last two months working on a giant mural for an outdoor gallery in Eveleigh, Sydney. The mural is about the size of a tennis court and is painted directly onto the concrete site wall. It depicts a traditional view of workers in a foundry, and is painted in the style of the late nineteenth-century French Realist painters such as Courbet and Millet.

By: Brenda Clark

Brenda Clark — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 03:59:03 +0000

Fascinating story, and what a great mural! Love it! So heroic.

By: Susan Anderson Behn

Susan Anderson Behn — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 01:39:20 +0000

Thanks to Jack Nichol of the UFAWU and Gordie Westrand of Longshore my wedding reception in 1996 was in the room that holds this mural. I was the Director Treaty Negotiations, Industrial Adjustment, and Worker Retraining at the BC Fed
Of Labour…..working most closely with the IWA and Fish. My reception photos show the mural in all its glory. Thanks for this post Eve!

By: Angus McIntyre

Angus McIntyre — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 18:41:48 +0000

For several years I have volunteered with the Transit Museum Society to take a full bus load of people from the Kettle Society to the annual January Christmas / New Year’s dinner and party. The first time I drove the bus we went to the Maritime Labour Centre, and I was amazed to see this huge mural in a rather plain building. Now I know all about the artist. The Kettle Society moved its event to the Croatian Centre – not nearly as interesting.

By: Ruth Enns

Ruth Enns — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 15:49:54 +0000

Keep up the good work! Even those of us who were born here, are learning from your blogs!

By: June Arnett

June Arnett — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 15:29:38 +0000

Thanks so much for this – very interesting! I’m familiar with the mural (backdrop to meetings!) but didn’t know it had been modified to fit its new home. I learn something new from every one of your posts!