The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic brought retail business to a standstill. In an effort to boost spirits and improve the street level appearance of shuttered doors the Vancouver Mural Fest launched the Make Art While Apart initiative with over 50 new murals covering the city.

Club Monaco requested a mural that focused on the heroic efforts of first line workers. Taking advantage of the extreme landscape canvas of the storefront the mural captures a dynamic metaphor for the global battle against the virus.

Colour photography by Susan Mavor.

Video by Kevin Fitzgerald.