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Scattered Order III

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Let’s start part 3 in the dark of the underpass, where Lula Lamaj painted this lovely piece.

Here she is at work.

The scratchy, tag effect is on purpose. It seems to be a trend that some artists will pre tag their art to give it a more time endured look.

The work below is an example of that. The artist really gave it a time tagged look.

The artist at work. This piece is in my top 5/6 faves.

Close ups slideshow.

The overall name of the project is ON the MOVE.

Some artists ran with the theme.

What’s a graffiti art wall without animation?

The artist below works on his piece above.

In the centre of the underpass there are stairs to the West Toronto Railpath and GO/UP express Station.

I see this neat pink leopard, as I approach.

Turn around to see the other side of the stairway! 2 artists here – 1~the face & 2~the swirls beyond going to the top of the stairs.

Another of my faves, I went a bit crazy taking pics. Put some in the slideshow above.

Below Curtia works on her painting of above face.

The art below says: GREETINGS from WEST TKARONTO

TKARONTO – is a Mohawk word meaning “the place in the water where the trees are standing” . It is believed to be where “Toronto” came from.

Pics taken by Resa – July 26, 2026

Toronto, Canada

The Artists in order of their art’s appearance:

Mesmo

Scattered Order – II

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Back to the Beginning

The artist EGR has been painting faces around town since before I discovered street art.

So, it is befitting that her art begins the underpass gallery. The cement wall starts out about 2′ high, then grows to better than 6′.

At the skateboarder, it’s about 4′ high. For this mural she mentored several students from the Bishop Morrocco secondary school arts program.

The skateboarder segues into a gorgeous tropical scene, that is about 5′ high.

This piece is not signed. However, as it is a city project, the credits should appear on the website, eventually.

I would think the 2 artist(s) first seen in the pic below, standing at a blank wall are beginning to paint this mural. Notice the cans of oranges and pinks on the stand.

The artist in the cap at the next wall (face unseen) is painting the image below. It is titled –

ningodwaaswi (niizh) : 6(2)

Note the bird circled on the left. The angled shape circled on the right are the beginnings of the bird.

The artist, Bradley J. Reinhardt’s (bjr_artist) mother was Ojibwe. His father was white. A quote from his instagram page.

"This painting reflects the impact of the Indian Act, specifically the Second Generation Cut-Off. I am registered under section 6(2), meaning I cannot pass status to my children unless their other parent has status. In the painting, the bear represents me and the 2 cubs represent my sons. The river symbolizes the Indian Act, a system that divides families and determines legal identity.  The Orange and blue areas represent the loss of language, culture, and identity caused by colonization and residential schools. Although my sons cannot receive status under the law, they will grow up learning Ojibwe values, culture and teachings. My hope is that one day the Indian Act will change so families like mine are no longer divided by legislation."

A few over …

… is this kool kid by Blackburn; chillin’ under the clouds catching all the art action.

Even further along, as you come out of dark areas of the underpass, is this 4-faced beauty. I love it.

As we enter one of the dark areas, (note the light that helps keep it safe) are 2 beguiling pieces; something for everyone.

Below is Opola Karim painting her wonderful image of Toronto.

TADA!

Back into the light of day!

I met Getso a few years back when he was part of a painting party in the alley behind me. Part of that alley painting party was Nick Sweetman. Nick is one of my faves and has a category link on my sidebar.

Pics taken by Resa – July 23 & 26, 2026

Toronto, Canada

The artists in order of appearance:

TBD

See you in awhile for Part 3!

Scattered Order – 1

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39 new works of art were painted on the way into, out of and inside an underpass near me.

First, The Cat

The tour begins just before we go under the rail bridge, about 1/3 of the way from the start.

This was my second trip to the city sponsored site. 3 days earlier I was privy to seeing all the artists painting.

On the first day, a security person informed me that there would be a clear coat going over all the art. It was a must to return before that happened.

On my second visit all paintings were done. Except on each side of the cat were 2 artists touching up their art.

The artist in the camo shorts is SKAM, a Toronto street art star. I was beside myself when I found out who he was.

The artist still painting is … I am so sorry, I forgot his name.

I thanked him a lot for his art and the time he spent with me.

I am humiliated. Hopefully I will be able to update this one day. His art is above.

Suddenly, my phone camera went dark

SKAM stepped in when he saw me near tears.

He explained the situation, and gave me a lesson re: some of the features of the camera, while taking the pic to the right.

On the way to the cat, close to the beginning of the gallery are Colin Tea & Jim Bravo painting. I know Jim, but did not want to disturb him.

Colin Tea’s painting was the 4th one from the start.

I wondered if Violet was a daughter or niece?

Jim’s painting was the fifth along the wall.

Above, Jim’s painting is one of his best, imo.

This one caught my breath. It looked like metal in real life.

Drippin-Soul’s art is always stunning, special. It was a sharp contrast to the Old Hues painting on its right.

I’ve been collecting murals by Old Hues for a couple of years now. This is the first one I’ve posted. I adore these dogs.

All of Old Hues’ murals have a classic oil on canvas look.

Pics taken by Resa – July 23 & 26, 2026

Toronto, Canada

The Artists in order of appearance:

Forgotten name artist
PS: I started with the cat because I am in love with them.

Interiors – The Painted House

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In this second last post of the Painted House, we look at the remainder of the interior.

Main Floor

Bathroom

This is a difficult painting to capture, as the bathroom was about 5′ wide, tops.

I used the zoom-out feature to shoot it.

……which accounts for most of the distortion seen in the slideshow.

Dining Room

Living Room

The art was painted over wall paper in the living room. In a couple of pieces, the art was integrated with the wall paper, as seen in. the slideshow.

Second Floor

Bedrooms

This was a Jackson Pollack + (sort of) all over paint with installation. This is a tiny room, and the most popular with the kids.

“Put that back! Don’t touch that! I want this! No, it’s part of the art! Waaaaaa!, Don’t go there! I want the bear! Put the bear back!,etc.”

Not a guy, part of the art.

I got out of that room fast, but not before I nabbed a shot of me in the splattered mirror.

The master bedroom was done in faux stained glass effect, and partly shown in in the post September of The Painted House series. The third bedroom was featured in Bedroom of TPH series

All 8 (9th coming soon) of The Painted House posts are easily available to view by clicking on the diptych doors art, second from the top on the sidebar.

Pics taken by Resa – August, 2024

Toronto, Canada

The Artists: in order of appearance

@life_ inthestreets

Stephanie Avery

Catchoo

Sean Martindale

Bedroom- Painted House

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In a dark second floor bedroom is this fabulous face.

The room was so dark and the colours of the painting so dark that some of the pics came out almost black.

It was quite the shock to my senses,

When I turned 180 degrees around, and saw this.

View of when you come out of the room, to go down the stairs. The black w/ green motif doorway on the right,

….. is a bathroom.

Pics taken by Resa – August 11, 2024

Toronto, Canada

Artists:

LIZ

I told you I had a surprise for you on my stop of your Simple Pleasures book tour. All I had to do was pick 1 Bryan Ferry song. This turned out to be most difficult, overwhelming. Better late than never!

Famous Artists and Their Models

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In the March 23, 1962 issue of Life magazine was an article titled “Famous Artists and Their Models”.

In getting rid of stuff, old magazines used for research are going. I bought them in the early 2000’s when I was working for Showtime.

In going through the magazines, I found this article. It is so fascinating, I have to share.

Nick of time, the magazine crumbled as I held it. I did my best taking pics.

The articles are photographed and presented in a way to see and read best.

I adore all of the anecdotal editorial that came with these fabulous images.

Click on the cover of the issue, and it will take you to a PDF of the article as presented in the magazine, as opposed to how I have presented. It is downloadable.

I can’t think of a more fitting work of music than “Frozen” by MK-O, featuring our dear dahling Marina on vocals ( & more). After all, the models are gone, but the images that came from their poses are frozen in time.