If you’re traipsing down the sidewalk in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan be careful where you walk. You don’t want to smudge the art.
A recent transplant from Vancouver, Nikki Sirett got to know her new home this past summer—one chalk drawing at a time.
What started as a pandemic escape and a way to use up old art supplies has brought colour to Saskatoon’s streets and put smiles on Covid-weary faces.
Creating chalk designs that won’t last past the first raindrop may seem like a waste of the artist’s talent, but Nikki finds it freeing. “Hey, I’m giving myself two hours, let’s see how big I can make this cat, and how colourful. If it doesn’t look perfect, it doesn’t matter—it’s just going to be gone anyway.”
While Nikki usually draws dogs and cats, she occasionally dabbles in less domestic animals like this vibrant fox…
“People love it, which has been super fun,” Nikki’s happy to report. “Kids will stop and be like, ‘Oh my God, that’s such a cute dog. It’s just the best thing ever to make a kid happy.”
Nikki”s gift of whimsy brings out the kid in all of us 🙂
AimerBoyz 
Those are so fun!
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Right? Can you imagine finding these on a walk about? Brightens your day 🙂
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Reminds me of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of the sand mandala. After the image is carefully made with colored sand, it is wiped away to show the transitory nature of the world.
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There was an episode of House of Cards that featured a sand mandala. Exquisite work, intricate detail, and then gone. Wiped away.
Not sure which would be more painful, to have the weather erase your work, or to erase it yourself?
Life and death, the circle of life, do we really need to be reminded that we’re mere whisps in the wind?
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Oh man!!! How cool is she?!! This is wonderful! Thank You, Aimer!!! Sending huge hugs Your way! 🤗💕😊
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Amazing, right? She’s sending fun out into the world 🙂
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Absolutely!!! 💖💖💖
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These are cute. Would be fun to find something so colorful on a down day!
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Definitely!!
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Aimer, this is a cute post. You could also link it to Cee Neuner’s and my Photographing Public Art Challenge. This is her link through today. https://ceenphotography.com/2021/10/22/ppac-19/ Then I host PPAC #20 starting tomorrow.
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Thanks, Marsha. I’ll checkout the PPAC.
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Thanks, Aimer. It’s a great way to get to know people. 🙂
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