Tag: Alley

The Poser Bunnies

On By ResaIn Poser Bunnies

Poser Bunnies were some of the first graf art pieces I found when I began collecting in Toronto.

There was an ample supply all over the city.

Then they disappeared, for years.

They have returned, but they are different. They’re all happy.

The bunnies used to have other expressions: angry, devilish, rascally, indifferent, maniacal even.

Now, they’re just all happy!

Here’s the 2 above in their Graffiti Alley home.

Pics taken by Resa – 2023

Toronto, Canada

The Artist:

PS: I’m suppressing comments. I need to catch up visiting!

Mr. Rapscallion

On By ResaIn Kensington Market96 Comments

Toronto is reputedly the Raccoon Capital of the world.

True, there is the issue of when they get into your attic, and set up housekeeping. They can chew wires and destroy structure. They can carry rabies and disease dangerous to humans.

Still, they are crazy cute (especially the young ones). Okay, they eat your garbage, but isn’t that better than land fill?

I found this little muffin head bandit in Kensington Market. He was trying to get across to another trash bin. There were a gathering of people watching. You’d think they never seen a wild urban animal before. City folk!

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I shot this on a different day. I love how the lighting brought out the blue.

Pics taken by Resa – May 23 & July 3 & September 10, 2023

Toronto, Canada

The Artist: (The Half Decent)

Cameron House

On By ResaIn Street Art93 Comments

The Cameron House was built in 1880.

In 1895, the structure became the “John Burns Hotel.”

 In 1896, it became the “Cameron House”.

In the early 1920’s it became a working hotel.

In 1981 it became a venue/hotel for the bohemian arts crowd featuring music, performance, and visual art.

It remains so to this day.

The music venue holds about 60 people.

Pics taken by Resa – September 11, 2023

Toronto, Canada

The Artist:

We Rise Above

On By ResaIn Alley Gallery116 Comments

I went to Cabbage Town. There’s usually lots of art there.

Not much there this year, but WOW, pollinator gardens everywhere.

Butterflies, bees and crazy busy insect flight zones in every garden.

It was a wonderful happening.

Based on a true story, The Sapphires is a great movie about 4 girls who rose above.

Pics taken by Resa – July 22, 2023

Toronto, Canada

The Artist:

Neo Adonis

On By ResaIn Alley Gallery175 Comments

It looks like a painting of a classic sculpture on a stucco wall.

However if you look at the last 3 shots, you will see the left corner peeling. It reveals brick.

Is the medium really thick pealing paint, or an incredibly well done paste-up?

Adonis, the god of beauty and attraction is the male counterpart for Aphrodite.

He looks even prettier surrounded by the tags and mayhem of Graffiti Alley.

This piece sings for a neo-classic music composition. I have chosen fellow blogger Trent McDonald’s “Piano Sonata in g minor lll: Scherzo” done on a Garritan virtual Steinway software piano.

Pics taken by Resa – July 19, 2023

Toronto, Canada

Artist – unknown

“A few years back I decided to compose a “classical style” piano sonata. By “classical style”, I am talking late 18th/early 19th century. More specifically, I was thinking Beethoven. I had already composed a sonatina that is very Clementi in style, so it was time for the Big B.

This was the Scherzo, which was a “little joke”. Deep down there is an almost minuet hidden, but you’d have to dig deep to find it. No, “little joke” describes it much better. I always really like it, almost as much as the scherzo to my sonata in c# minor, which is what I use for my phone’s ringtone. ”