WSC 2025 - Concluding Questions

David Irvine

• Artist in Toronto

• Upcycled old paintings

• Added new elements to paintings, usually pop culture references

Night on the Town

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts city street with vibrant street-level lights

• Adds the Stay Puft Parshmellow Man from “Ghostbusters”

Terror on the High Seas

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts three large ships in rough waters

• Adds two large rubber ducks, citing they’re fun to paint

Yummy Beverages

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts a worn down brewery in the midst of a New England winter

• Adds Dumbo atop a tree

The Gardener

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts an Elizabethan lady picking flowers

• Adds Leatherface from “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”

Meat Migration

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts a cabin and a pond surrounded by trees and grass

• Adds a flock of three raw meat meant to replace the typical sight of birds

Hi-Score

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts a small house and an unpaved street corner

• Adds Pac-man eating a cherry and a pellet travelling on the now blue-walled path with the four ghosts observing behind the small house

Friday Afternoon

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts a stilted house over a pond

• Adds Darth Vader and a stormtrooper fishing on a motorized boat with the Death Star in the sky

Approaching the Finch Line

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts a forested path along a small stream

• Adds finches riding penny farthings on the path

Desperate Measures

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts a small cottage with a vibrant garden perched over a large lake

• Adds the Big Bad Wolf on a bulldozer based on the nursery rhyme

Vacation

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts a scene on a rocky coast with mountains in the back

• Adds a green robot in swim shorts and a floaty standing in the ocean

George

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts a scene of a logging camp in the mountains

• Adds a blue bipedal creature holding an apple and a refugee bag and stick

Thirsty

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts a river in a woodland

• Adds a large, colourful, mechanical bird leaning over the river

Fun at the beach

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts a rocky coastal cliff over a rough ocean

• Adds two cloaked faceless figures playing with a beach ball atop the cliff

Playtime

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts a birch forest around a lake in winter

• Adds a large blue octopus holding human and animal puppets playing in the lake

Late for Church

• Painting by David Irvine

• Depicts a bleached coastal street with white buildings and brown roofs

• Adds a green creature wearing vibrant clothing on a flaming buggy in the street

Section 52 (Morning Sun, I Built the Stairs)

• Song by The Polyphonic Spree in 2023

• The first part is about feeling alive from the dawn of a new day

• The second part is about acceptance with the present and excitement for the future

The Polyphonic Spree

• American choral rock band

• Made “Section 52 (Morning Sun, I Built the Stairs)” in 2023