This mural is found in my city's largest downtown area. It's normally hard to get a good shot of this mural as the parking lot in front of is often occupied, but I got lucky this evening!
This mural was painted by a street artist who goes by Smates. The internet tells me that he is actually Bart Smeets, and is from Mechelen, Belgium which was a big surprise for me. It seems he was invited to paint at a street art festival we had in 2017. That was a busy year for me; I travelled to six provinces and two states and we had a number of family things going on on both sides (a number of weddings, some illnesses, a couple of funerals, and a 70th wedding anniversary!), so I would guess that's why I missed the buzz around town about this festival.
Personally, I find the mural a little odd, but I don't dislike it. I am quite fond of its colours and textures and details.
