Sudbury mural by Troy Lovegates created in memory of sharing tea with his grandma. (Martha Dillman/CBC)

Sudbury’s murals celebrate urban beauty

Sudbury, Ontario, one of the major nickel mining centres of Canada, was once known for its almost lunar landscape.

Extensive logging and the blackened surfaces left in the wake of the mining processes, made the northern Ontario centre the butt of many jokes.

Sudbury’s You Are Beautiful mural was painted in 2013 by the We Live Up Here crew. (Martha Dillman/CBC)

In the 1970’s, however, a re-greening effort changed those trends and now Sudbury, with over 9.2 million trees planted, is evolving into a thriving centre.

Ella and Pltr painted this mural, next to the tracks, in keeping with their fondness for sleeping people. (Martha Dillman/CBC)

Up Here is an annual urban music and art festival that takes place each summer. It has attracted artists from Sudbury, across Canada and around the world.

In the last 5 years, more than 20 new murals have been painted on the side of buildings in downtown Sudbury, and this one below, on the roof of Science North.

Sudbury now has a rooftop mural on the top of the science centre known as Science North.

Ella and Pitr, the muralist painters from France, chose the rooftop site, due to its charming location on Ramsey Lake.

Sudbury is home to this creation by Hobz, from Paris, France, painted in August 2016.

(With files from CBC)

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