Night Patrol

Image of described mural in police station
Year
2009
Artist
Erin Robertson
Media
Mural
Painting
Material
acrylic and resin on wood
Collection number
2009-0053
Venue
Art at buildings

Description

Night Patrol is the focal point of the main entrance lobby at the Ottawa Police Service’s patrol station, located at 211 Huntmar Drive in Kanata. The artwork reflects the role of the new station in the community through a composite night scene of a patrol car moving on a rainy street. The complex layering of acrylic paint washes and cured resin creates an illusion of space and depth. It is painted on 16 four-by-eight-foot panels that occupy almost the full height and width of one of the main lobby walls.

Robertson’s aim was to “capture the energy, and mesmerizing reflection of lights and movement that is indicative of the atmosphere of night patrol on a rainy night.” The high gloss reflective surface that Robertson created with cured epoxy resin adds an additional dimension to the artwork as it picks up the image of those who enter, temporarily making them a part of the mural.

Location

West Division Patrol Station