Urban Love Chalkboard Wall | Limited Edition of 10
Public Art Wall in British Columbia with Raw Emotion
This wall stopped me in my tracks in Vancouver. Smack in the middle of the city’s usual hum and clatter was this vivid yellow mural, a giant chalkboard screaming love in every direction. Raw, messy, impulsive—people had scrawled what love means to them in every colour of chalk imaginable. Some answers were hopeful. Others were hilarious. A few were heartbreaking. But all of them were real.
You don’t need to frame a polished quote when the wall itself is the quote. This is graffiti with a purpose. Interactive, spontaneous, alive. Every time someone walks by with a piece of chalk in hand, the meaning shifts again. I stood there for a while, just reading. “Love is goats.” “Love is family.” “Love conquers pain.” Each scribble felt like a whisper from a stranger—someone who stopped just long enough to add their story to the collective.
What I loved about this scene—and what made me hit the shutter—wasn’t just the sentiment. It was the way the entire mural challenged the concept of permanence. Love is layered. Temporary. Sometimes chaotic. Always personal. And so is this artwork. The bold yellow brick, the shadowplay from the sidewalk, the contrast of controlled type against freehand chaos—it’s all part of the visual rhythm.
Vancouver’s walls speak in more than paint, and this one had a message worth freezing in time. It’s a reminder that love doesn’t have to be profound to be powerful. Sometimes it just needs to be shared.
You’ll find this piece and more like it in both the Wall Photography Collection and the British Columbia Photography Collection, where visual storytelling lives on walls that speak louder than words.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2021
Edition Information
This photograph is released as a signed and numbered edition of 10 prints across all available sizes. Each print is individually signed and numbered by the artist on the reverse and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Once all 10 prints have been sold, this work will be permanently retired, and no further numbered editions will be produced in any size or format. A small number of Artist Proofs may be retained by the artist for archival or exhibition purposes.
Museum Quality Fine Art Prints
All prints are produced by the artist using archival pigment inks on professional photographic paper with a subtle luster finish.
This paper offers a balanced surface that enhances tonal depth, preserves fine detail, and reduces glare under typical indoor lighting conditions.
Each print is carefully inspected prior to dispatch to ensure consistency of finish and presentation.
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