By Will McGuirk

Graffiti artist Chad Tyson’s work can be seen across Oshawa and Durham Region on construction hoardings, indoor murals, as well as tucked away in overlooked and neglected corners. What to some is mischief to destroy is for Tyson instead a mission to beautify.

Recently his mission met a Mission!

Tyson was given permission to create a mural which extends around the joined back parking lot area of the Mission Thrift Store on the south west corner of Simcoe and Taunton.

He organised some artist pals from Toronto, Hamilton, Kingston, Ottawa and Halifax, and on Saturday Sep 12 the Osha Wall Jam of 2020 was uncapped.

"The wall up at Taunton was just an underground pop up event with no press or media. It came about simple by calling my friends to paint a parking lot that I got the permission from the owners,” Tyson told Slowcity.ca.

Steven Frank of Blum Media was standing by the wall and chatted with Tyson about his project.