Mosaics are art. I found these outside, so they qualify as Street Art.
This one was on busy downtown street.
The next one is old, in rough shape and found in an alley. Broken mirror pieces are part of the mosaic. That is me in the shatter!
Pics taken by Resa – May 6 & July 7, 2018
Toronto, Canada
The Artists: Are unknown to me
No name on this one, just a piece of gum.
OMG! This just appeared 4 blocks up the street from me.
From left to right, is a fence to garage doors.
After the fence is an indent, which houses the garage doors.
I’m sure Dudeman has painted the skulls and daisy-like flowers, and Bacon has painted the rose, peony and peacock feather. However, Dudeman may have painted this diaphanous beauty.
The sidewall of the indent
The garage doors
The red rose is a killer!
Pics taken by Resa – July 10, 2018
Toronto, Canada
The Artists:
The inspiration for most of the title for this post is a very wee book I own. It was hand- written by a man to his wife in 1913. Visit The Language Of Flowers by clicking on this sentence, or on the cover of the book.
The page is dedicated to Paul Militaru If you have ever visited his photo blog, you know why.
Thank you to Dudeman & Bacon!
It begins with the glint in an eagle’s eye.
Then we are taken through a First Nation’s experience, via this fabulous mural
A stunning Thunderbird, and other symbols mark the path!
I’m thinking this is a nicotine plant.
This wolf, and all of the animals depicted are A+
A beaver, Canada Geese and a Heron. (Or is it a Whooping Crane?)
The Eagle
A Raven
A Brown Bear
A Buffalo
Pics taken by Resa June 10, 2018
Toronto, Canada
Artist: Phillip Cote
I managed to take the entire mural from across the street. I left the photo file large, so if you click on, it blows up beautifully.
I fell in love the second I saw this!
The second second, I thought of GiGi!
Then I thought of all cat lovers!
Then I took a sheer gluttony of pics.
Now, I share some of that joy.
What an alley!
What a cat head!
Pics taken by Resa – June 27, 2018
Toronto, Cannda
The Artist:
On POLITICS
“The wall with the judge was painted in the village of Son Servera, and it talks about the freedom of speech. A Spanish rapper was condemned to jail just for the lyrics of his songs… ridiculous.”
The wall “Congreso De Los Imputados” is about politics.
“At the entrance of the Spanish parliament (congreso de los diputados): I changed the word diputados for imputados, (that means imputed). There are 2 lions, so I painted 1 of them (changing the ball for a prisoner ball), to criticize the government and the corruption.”
On SOCIAL ISSUES
“I also attached the image of the last wall with my project “Som-Riu”. This week I’m gonna start another “Som-Riu” project in another village.”
SOM – RIU is a participatory mural project to aid people with intellectual disabilities. Learn more! Visit a previous GLaM post: SOM – RIU.
With HUMOR
Sath’s sense of humor is precious, whatever he decides to say with it.
“By the way, this wall painting is the new Spanish gastrobar Broken Eggs by the Galician Chef Jacobo Astray, in Ekkamai. Great selection of wines, craft beers, amazing food and service. All for affordable prices! Buen provecho!”
The CANVAS below is titled: UNI-CORN
With LIVE PAINTING
“For the live painting shows, I paint in front of the public during music festivals. They can get tickets to win the painting with a raffle at the end”.
I asked Sath about the above shot.
“The organization in that case was called “renou col-lectiu” that in Catalan language means “collective noise”.
All art © SATH
All photos © via SATH
Sath hails from Mallorca (Spain). He uses spray & acrylic paint to create colorful pieces, slightly surreal. He uses figurative elements, & impossible situations or actions, but he never neglects the message.
Sath sent me a FaceBook link to a short sweet video of himself painting the wall below. I can’t seem to embed the video. It’s not on YouTube, but if you click on the pic below, it will take you to the video. If you do not have a FB account (like me) just click on “Not Now”. You will be able to view it!
The last part of Kingsway Royal includes a York County coat of arms.
It is on the bridge over the river where this man fishes.
Beyond the bridge is bucolic imagery of the area.
Many renditions of this type of home is still found in well kept order in this area. It is dark in the underpass, so they have these lights to help us see. I thought the way the capture of the light mixing with the tree is interesting.
Playing beside the house, and peeking around a tree are 2 children. The tree is on a corner of the underpass. the boy is on one side.
The girl is on the other side.
Robert Home Smith was a real person who was important to this area.
Pics taken by Resa – June 3, 2018
Toronto, Canada
The Artist: Emilia Jajus
Here’s the 2nd half of the west side, & 1st half of the east side of the underpass mural.
To the right of the stone entrance marker, with planter flowers (last pic, previous post), there is road with a strip mall to the right.
Notice anything about the name of the cafe?
Next to the cafe, there is an apartment building. A man walks his dog.
Across the street, we enter the east side of the tunnel.
Pics taken by Resa – June 3, 2018
Toronto, Canada
The Artist: Emilia Jajus
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