The day was a washout. I’d been all the way to Kensington Market, and only captured a raccoon …… on my camera.
Almost home, I espied an “Anser” bit on a garage door, so got off the streetcar. I walked down a lane off that alley, then turned into another alley and Voilà!
What luck!
As fortune wold have it, there was a clean shiny black car parked there.
Because of the brick, the reflection of the painting took on a “Tapestry” look.
Pics taken by Resa – July 3, 2023
Toronto, Canada
The artist:
I’ve wanted to reblog one of Brian’s street art posts for awhile now. He’s got a really fine collection. However, I’ve chosen this post that has street art in it, as well as other art. I love New York! Street Art only post coming soon!
November sky, New York.
Women washing (Les lavandières), 1888, by Gauguin. MOMA. In Arles, (thanks to Gilles Labruyère for the correction), during Gauguin’s brief stay with Van Gogh.
Shine on. South of Houston.
“Retrospective bust of a woman”, 1930. Salvador Dali. MOMA. The two peasants praying on top of the baguette remit to L’angélus by Millet. Strangely enough, I’ve seen exactly the same sculpture at the Botero museum in Bogotá, Colombia. Botero’s personal collection. I’ve heard that there many “authentic” copies of Dali in circulation…
A very nice little Chagall. “I and the village”, 1911. MOMA.
The Burglar in Love. (By Lawrence Block? No, no… just a joke)
Le charnier. (The charnel house). Picasso, 1945. MOMA. Maybe inspired by photos of the concentration camps. The style and structure has a hint of Guernica. I couldn’t help but think of the Bucha massacres of…
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I’m honoured that Holly wrote a poem inspired by one of my drawings. Thank you forever, dear poet!
Art by Resa McConaghy (copyright)
“There are things known and things unknown and then there are the Doors” Jim Morrison
They linger at the headstone
barely visible beneath dead Daffodils
reminiscing glory days
waiting for the phoenix to rise
thunder breaks the calm
a sudden disconnect
of enlightenment
they wander away
hymning the anthem
of the same old rock and roll
Poetry by H. Rene Hunter
Scheheraholly is inspired from a poem written by Holly – House of Heart
It was like “A Thousand and One Arabian Nights”, and Holly was like a Scheherazade.
The day she posted the poem, I had found a piece of alley art that played into the whole idea, especially the second last line.
I named it Sheheraholly. Now, I have found Scheheraholly II
Behind a van on an urban desert sand,
no one can see her eyes through her art.
The amazing violin solo is 2.5 minutes
Pics taken by Resa – June 19, 2023
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
This is the Blue Face that lured me to an abandoned convenience island in midtown.
I have found many blue faces on walls over the years.
They are a braw high octane bohemianism to me.
Big Asp square sunglasses are all important for that je ne sais quoi look.
Someone had tagged this with an RIP done in felt pen.
I removed the bit from the chin on some, and left the rest.
Love those car reflections!
Pics taken by Resa – June 19, 2023
Toronto, Canada
The artist: Unsigned
A couple of months ago I spotted a blue face, on what looked like a convenience store wall. I was a passenger in a car, and I was daydreaming. The blue face snapped me back to reality.
The face haunted me, and I finally went back. On foot, I started at one corner of the probable area, and proceeded to walk the streets in an organized grid fashion.
I found that blue face, and more. This is not the original blue face I saw. That will be my next post.
As a matter of fact, I didn’t see these faces at first. They were almost invisible in the daylight, like ghost faces. I took their pics anyway.
The bright, weird creature was what one saw, couldn’t miss it a mile away.
I was shocked as I looked at the faces on my computer when I got home. It was like magic. I could see them clearly. I pushed the enhance a bit, and then they really popped.
I added a bit of light to some, and a bit of dark to others. A cool magic was added by the suns rays.
Perhaps these are meant to be seen at night.
Pics taken by Resa – June 19, 2023
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
Mid city, spaces for 4 or 5 businesses, parking on 3 sides, this was once a guaranteed money making convenience pit stop location. Now there’s only a cannabis outlet.
From Marina Kanavaki at Art Towards a Happy day, here is the fourth sign of the Zodiac as imagined by Anakreon Kanavakis, Marina’s father. Seeing each astrological sign go by, in a drawing by him, is adding another joy to my life.
Tomorrow is the first day of Cancer, the fourth sign of the Zodiac. Entering a day after the Summer Solstice.
Cancer is a cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon.
These highly intuitive crabs are able to exist in both emotional and material realms and with their psychic abilities manifest in tangible spaces. For these caregivers, there’s no place like home.
Starting from the last [12th] sign, I’ll be posting these original illustrations, Anakreon Kanavakis created for a calendar. [check it out here]
I love these so much, I designed a whole set of products with them at my art shop.
Here are a few.
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