Painted pianos pop up again in Oak Bay this summer, ready for public play Friday.

Six pianos painted by Gillian Redwood, Robert Amos, Jennifer McIntyre, Christine Gollner, Sherry Tompalski, and Senior Art Students at St. Michaels University School will be installed at Loon Bay Park, Estevan Village, McNeill Bay, Turkey Head Walkway, Willows Beach, and Oak Bay Village during Arts and Culture Fortnight, Aug. 9 to 23.

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An arbutus tree stems through her visage of a shoreline on the piano with a cheeky nod to nature in the cougar on one side, and deer on the other.

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Pianos will be out from June 29 to Sept 7.

Pianos can be played during the day and will be covered overnight.