Window Painting Canadian Finals Rodeo for The Westin

I believe this is my 4th year back to paint windows for The Westin Hotel, adding to their CFR lobby decor. They won the competition last year for Best Decorated Hotel and they’re going for it again this year! Mark C. spent the afternoon decorating the lobby while I was painting and he even let me in on a pretty cool added feature to all their CFR stuff. Go to The Westin to check it out, you’ll see it as soon as you walk through their front doors.

CFR is the Canadian Finals Rodeo and is a big deal here in Edmonton. We’ll be seeing a lot of cowboy hats and cowboy boots around the city this week!

Window Painting Canadian Finals Rodeo for The Westin

Window Painting Canadian Finals Rodeo for The Westin

Caricatures by Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Painting CFR Windows at The Westin Hotel Edmonton

Edmonton's Westin Hotel's Window Painting for CFR

 Window Painting for CFR at Edmonton's Westin Hotel's

It's CFR (Canadian Finals Rodeo) time again in Edmonton, where cowboys

and cowgirls from all over come to compete and show their stuff. The

Westin hotel in downtown Edmonton has had me come in for a few years

now, to paint their windows celebrating the festivities. They always ask

that it be less cartoon and more realistic.

While I was there painting, I over heard some conversations where I had

to do a double take....some of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian

Football League were sitting a few feet away from me. I couldn't help

but listen, whether I wanted to or not! Being an Edmonton Eskimos fan I

was both excited that I was seeing some football players but they were

going to be playing AGAINST MY TEAM in a few hours! One of the people

that work at the hotel told me that most football and hockey teams stay

there when they are in the city to play. Kinda cool!

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Window painting CFR images at Westin Hotel

Window painting Canadian Finals Rodeo images for The Westin Hotel Edmonton

Oil City Roadhouse - CFR window paintings

This is my latest window painting for Oil City Roadhouse and the Canadian Finals Rodeo week celebration.
It was decided to have most of the images quite high on the windows for two reasons

visibility when the bar is full of people and

so that people won't try to wreck them.

Crazy what people will do in a bar! Have a great CFR week everyone

Remember if you drink then, don't drive.

Take the LRT door-to-door between Oil City Roadhouse and CFR [at rexall place].

LRT - Corona station & LRT - Coliseum station