There was a Metallicat a few blocks from me, but it got painted over.
It was very exciting to find a new 4 Gi Metallicat in Kensington Market.
It’s the year of the butterflies out in the alleys. On my street art safari, I also found birds and faces, but no cats, except for Metallicat.
Maybe next year will be a good street art cat year.
Pics take by Resa – July 24, 2019
Toronto, Canada
Artist: Kwest
Rene Rosso (aka Holly) penned a beauty in October, 2018.
Based on an old polaroid of Carmine & me, she came up with a poem that sticks in my heart and mind. If you click on the pic, you will go to her original post!
Remember back when you were a rock star
and I was a hippie angel?
How comfortable we were with our
heart and souls bared.
Do you remember now that you are so far
away that night in Eden when you came to me
and I came to you and the rest of the world
slipped away?
We held on to one another, made love and cried
decided never to speak of how every time
the lights went out you rushed to me,
so tender, coming and going.
Young and in love, we named that month Sextember,
yes, it still matters to me.
Do you remember our anguished goodbye?
Neither do I.
Have EYE ever thanked Holly enough?
Poem – Resa and the Rock Star © Holly House of Heart
Original Art © Resa McConaghy
Rene Rosso character © Resa McConaghy (w/Holly Rene Hunter)
I originally reblogged this on my Queen’s end blog. Now that GALM is all art inclusive, I will be moving many articles here. With the Jeep’s guidance, I will be consolidating both blogs, creatively.
A new Indigenous inspired mural, by Philip Cote, graces my hood; the Village of Roncesvalles.
A new to me song, by Buffy Saint Marie & throat singer Tanya Tagaq, graces my spirit. You Got To Run (Spirit Of The Wind) is the most powerful song I’ve ever heard.
I’M BLOWN AWAY
You could listen while perusing the rest of the mural, but I doubt you will be able to take your focus off of the intense performances. 
Here are some of the murals hi-lights.
Philip Cote says about the mural “I am here doing a Sundance song to honour the ancestors and recognize where I come from”
Roncesvalles was originally settled by Colonel Walter O’Hara in 1850. O’Hara (Irish), a soldier in the British army was captured by the French in the Roncesvalles Gorge in Spain; hence the name Roncesvalles.
Pics taken by Resa – October & November 2018 & July 2019
Toronto, Canada
The Artist: Philip Cote
Buffy, a multi-media artist, rose to prominence in the late 60’s, with the folk music movement. However, once she began using her voice to support native causes, her songs were censored in the USA, and yanked from playlists.
Someone said (paraphrasing) It’s amazing how afraid powerful men in suits are, of a girl with a guitar.
She’s on the side of a small gallery in Bloor West Village.
Pics taken by Resa – August 14, 2017
Toronto, Canada
Artist is unknown at this time
The title comes from what the artist has written on their piece.
So Cool!!
Pics taken by Resa – June 9, 2019
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
This is the second Frida Kahlo piece I’ve found.
I met the artist, Anya, while traversing alleys and parking lots. OMG! She was so neat. She spent time chit-chatting with me.
She said the art would be done by Thursday end. She had another art engagement on Friday. I didn’t think Anya & MSKA, who was assisting with B.G., would make the date. Wednesday rained all day.
She showed me the self portrait she was basing this mural on.
LOVE the hand/glove earrings!!!
I went back Sunday. It’s not quite finished, but I shot it anyway. I don’t know when I’ll get back there.
I adore the way she has Frida emerging out of the wings of a Monarch. When I returned, dumpsters had been moved in.
I shoot them as I get them.
Pics taken by Resa – June 9, 2015
Toronto, Canada
The Artists: 
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anyamielniczek/
It’s a sweet, imaginative piece in a parking lot.
I mean, here’s Toronto’s cityscape, CN Tower and all, with a parrot and elephants.
… and a BUNNY!
The wall dints in & out.
BEST PART OF THE MURAL IS THE CAT BELOW
Around the final corner is a trapped elk.
At least I caught his reflection.
Not only was he trapped by a car,
… he was imprisoned, which is how I found the painting. I had to find out how to get a better shot of him. That’s when I found the rest!
Pics taken by Resa – June 4, 2019
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
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