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Bill Oster (b. 1967)

Bill Oster was born in Whitehorse to parents Al and Mary Oster. Bill is a self-taught artist and illustrator. In 1997, He and David Ashley collaborated on a multi-media art piece, Crow’s Yukon Journey, located on the north-facing exterior of the Whitehorse Visitors Reception Centre.1) Oster painted the mural on the rear wall of Klondike Rib & Salmon restaurant of a miner resting in his tent. The mural takes up the entire wall. Oster and Maurice Gogin painted the mural of a European castle on the west side of The Deli on Hanson Street. Oster’s mural of an old Ford Truck at Whitehorse Motors was destroyed when a new building was constructed around 2015.2)

1)
“Yukon Visitor Reception Centre and Tourism Business Centre Visual Art.” August 1997: 8.
2)
“Murals by Bill Oster in Whitehorse.”” ExploreNorth, 2024 website: Murals by Bill Oster in Whitehorse, Yukon
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