This was the first piece of Street Art that I found in Ottawa last summer.
Très charmant!
Pics taken by Resa on August 2, 2013
Ottawa, Canada
Tag: Gorgeous
MAKEkeit
This is so different.
I think it might already be painted over.
Pics taken by Resa McConaghy, on December 01, 2013
Toronto, Canada
Adventures in Graf w/my L.A. Street Art book
L.A. Street Art by: Jacqueline Hadel & I had a fab day while we tried to find the Mayor Ford paste up for a photo op.
Who knew, but Alley Denizens lead us to a different one. Is it a Mayor Ford crack pipe or Mayor Ford as a crack pipe?
However, first things first. We started in a back lane S. of Queen W. between Bathurst and Niagra.
We found it, the Mayor Ford graf!
Right after that we found a Kwest with 3 other tags.
We just had to get a shot with that spray can!
This is when Denizens confronted us about what we we doing. They were protecting the art. When they realized I was taking pics of a street art book with street art, they promptly took us across the alley to some Mayor Ford Graf in a doorway.
We crossed into the next alley.
We found Elicsr
.. and more Elicsr
There was another Mayor Ford paste up.
We were near the end of the alley.
Where we found a Jarus!
OUT TAKES
All Pics taken by Resa, on November 11, 2013
Toronto, Canada
Kwest
This piece appears to be tagged Kwest, a well known Graf artist from Toronto.
It seems I have posted other Kwest pieces without credit. Hey I only fell in love with street art a year ago. I’m loving and learning. Will post links to other Kwest pieces as pics go by!
I’m sure there is more, and will add links in future Kwest posts.
Pics taken by Resa, on November 11, 2013
Toronto, Canada
Beauty & the Bunny Kitty
From the first unfinished Adventures in Graf w/Sherrie.
Tagged Jarus and Persue
It’s like finding diamonds in the alley!
Pics taken by Resa, on November 11, 2013
Toronto, Canada
Mandela Mandala
In my desire to do a tribute to Nelson Mandela,
I looked for days through my street art collection. I came up with this beautiful Sunflower that has all of the colors of the flag of South Africa in it.
A mandala is a symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the Universe. The basic form of most mandalas is a square containing a circle with a center point.
I found this art in a doorway in Ottawa. The artist is unknown to me.
Good-bye Mr. Mandela, the whole world loves you!
Sunflower pic taken by Resa McConaghy- Ottawa – September 2, 2013
International Village pic taken by: Resa McConaghy – Winnipeg – October 28, 2012
L.A. Street Art – by Jacqueline Hadel
To see street art through Jacqueline Hadel’s eyes is to fall in love.
Before I get going here, I encourage everyone to buy Jacqueline’s second book L.A. Street Art on Amazon.
Like all collections on Jacqueline’s blog TOKIDOKI, the L.A. Street Art section includes all street art, without prejudice.
As I perused Jacqueline’s vast and fabulous L.A. Street Art archives on TOKIDOKI, I wondered how she made her selections for the book. So I asked her how she decided what pieces to print.
Her answer (via Twitter) was “I just have a sense of what I want to put out there.”
I was always overwhelmed by the beauty of murals. Then one day I fell in love with rich, colorful and bold Graf Writing. Then came alternative art, cartoons and lots of faces, which are my favs. L.A. Street Art has delighted me with it’s many fantastic faces.
One day I see Stickers on TOKIDOKI.
Jacqueline informs me that she loves “Sticker Art”
Suddenly one lonely sticker catches my eye as much as arrangements of stickers, which take on a unified look, becoming a piece unto itself.
Layers of tags and colors and stickers become like oil paintings where the artists have plied the oils so thick there is a third dimension to the work.
Telephone poles and dumpsters are now canvases speaking to anyone who will listen. Jacqueline has not forsaken this art form in her book.
Artists she covers in LA Street Art include Alec Monopoly, MDMN, Lister, Dog Byte, Felix and more.
Having the utmost respect for the artists, Jacqueline has made every best effort to credit works and even contact the Artists for permission to be included in her book.
To me, there is as much social comment in Street Art as there is artistry and talent. In these regards, L.A. Street Art delivers, big time.
I was thrilled to receive my copy of L.A. Street Art. Following the tradition I began after receiving Jacqueline’s first book, Bogota Street Art, I took the book for a walk & photo shoot.
The book wanted to get a shot with the bit of Mayor Ford Sticker Graf I had found, so we took off to that alley.
We had a fab time, and I took many shots of L.A. Street Art with Toronto Street Art. I have enough pics to do an Adventures in Graf/w My L.A. Street Art Book, & I will.
You can get your own wonderful copy of L.A. Street art HERE
If you missed out, you can still get a copy of Bogota Street Art HERE OR the EBook version HERE
Well done, Jacqueline!
Thank you & Cheers!
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