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The Art of Jesse Mockrin – pt.1

On By ResaIn Jesse Mockrin77 Comments

ECHO

“Reworking familiar imagery is just my way of giving history a second look.” – Jesse Mockrin

Only Sound Remains – oil on linen

Based in Philadelphia, this artist examines Renaissance and Baroque artists’ art, with an eye on the survival of traditional narratives and beliefs in contemporary society. She then intervenes with her own modern canon.

Jesse Mockrin’s paintings “respond to histories of sexual violence and cruel treatment of women over millennia of myth and story, offering interventions and moments of resistance.”

Collectively, the paintings in ECHO highlight “an ongoing battle for bodily autonomy”.

The above painting is based on the Greek and Roman myth of Echo and Hera.

By Her Hand – oil on linen

The biblical widow and heroine, Judith, beheads Assyrian General Holofernes and saves her people. This was a popular subject for artists in the 15 & 1600’s due to the “stark contrast between Judith’s femininity and the aggression of her violence.”

Behold/Beholden – oil on linen

Mockrin builds up thin glazes of oil paint, a European Renaissance developed technique. “she crops her composition sharply, hiding critical elements of a story and leaving conflict unresolved.”

Unvarnished, her paintings have an eerie flatness.

In mid-stream – oil on canvas

“Grasping, pulling, lifting …. I am drawn to the ways that Baroque painters build drama and tension into their compositions.” Jesse Mockrin

Based on Ruben’s The Massacre of the Innocents, the woman in the right panel is based on one of the mothers protecting her children.

Painted circa 1610, The Massacre of the Innocents resides in the AGO’s collection. The photo on the left is an allowable share from the AGO. Click on the image to visit the page, and a larger version of the masterpiece..

In the Book of Genesis – Rachel and Leah were both married to Jacob.

Leah had many children. After many years of yearning to be a mother, Rachel had 2 sons. She died giving birth to the second child.

Longing – oil on linen
Lovesick – oil on linen
A cry is heard – oil on linen

“It’s very emotional and very real, her longing for a child and then her tragic death as a result of it.”

“We think we’re not that similar to these characters, but they were just people, same as us.” – Jesse Mockrin

Exhibition – oil on cotton

Pics taken by Resa – December 9, 2025

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

“Quotes in bold are by Jesse Mockrin”

“Quotes in italics are from the AGO”

All source is from the AGO

Horror Movie Hell Hole

On By ResaIn Day of the Dead, Halloween, Street Art161 Comments

For Your Halloween Horror Enjoyment!

Tonight, we’re serving up the popped corns of the cursed and the dead!

So hurry and grab these tasty concession stand treats before the movie starts!

Hi! My name is Horny Head, and as the director of this film, I assure you it is horrible, absolutely frightening!

What the hell! Let me out of this post! I’ve seen a Horny movie, and he wasn’t kidding. They’re horrible, just awful!

SIT DOWN! No one can ever leave the HELL SPIRIT THEATRE! Entry tickets are for life!

Thank you for that announcement Metal Man Ozzy! So, without further adieu – I now present:

The Day of the Shrinking Dead Head

That was bogus, bogusting!!!!

That’s not a shrinking head! You merely backed up the camera. I, on the other hand, shot a shrinking head movie. AND I shot it in Panoramascope!

AND using my new AS (Artificial Stupidity) tool, I have morphed the leading lady into a Day of the Dead Angel!

The Day of the Dead Shrinking Head Angel

She’s hot! Gimme her name and number!

Okay, now that’s just more bogusosity! Using a pretty face to sell a film. On another handless, I have shot an ART FILM, on an iPhone!

From the House of Dicey Dice Productions Ltd.

Untitled iPhone Art Film

Notice how she transforms at the end of the film! I’m so inspired by me.

This post has left me blind in one eye, and I can’t see out of the other!

YAYAYAYAYAYAY

Pics taken by Resa – during the year 2025

Toronto, Canada

The Artists:

EN MASSE (a collection of artists)

THE HALF-DECENT

& a couple of unknown

Dedicated to my niece, Sherrie, the Halloween Queen!

Toronto Blue Jays – World Series/2025

On By ResaIn Toronto Blue Jays, World Series - 2025182 Comments

vs. The Los Angeles Dodgers

A cool Collection of Blue Jays Street Art!

Big Kiss for the Blue Jays

What a beautiful and hectic city Toronto is. You feel it in the slideshow!

And they picked the best bird to name their Baseball team after.

Hey, look! It’s a José Bautista mural!

José Bautista

2008 – 2017

Famous for “The Bat Flip” Bautista was a 6 time all-star, with 288 homers across 10 seasons with Toronto. Click on the pic below to read what the CBC has to say!

He rejoined the Blue Jays on August 11, 2023 for 1 day and retired a Blue Jay.

Commissioned by The Toronto Blue Jays, Bautista attended the unveiling of this massive mural with his family.

You can see its gargantuaness in the pic to the left, by comparing to the teeny people in the lower right corner.

He even signed it, in gold paint!

This was not an easy mural to capture. Still, after I found a way over the fence and into the construction site, I shot lots, and got some good ones. A few more are in the slideshow.

  • This close up of a coach makes me laugh. Can you see why?

Bautista, one of the Blue Jay’s Gems!

“We must be painted on a time travel garage door.”

“Why do you say that?”

“Because I see Cito Gaston!”

Cito Gaston

Gaston was the Blue Jays coach when Joe Carter hit the winning home run in the 1993 World Series. The Blue Jays won the title for 2 years in a row. (1992 & 1993) I always say they kept it for a 3rd year in 1994. That was the year of the big baseball strike, and there was no World Series.

My wings are waving the Jays on to victory, and my tail shows I’m a fan!

Pics taken by Resa – 2017 – 2025

Toronto, Canada

The Artists:


Daniel Mazzone

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HORUS

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UNKNOWN

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BROOKLYN? or ???

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UNKNOWN

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BIRDO

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TENSOE

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UNKNOWN

by Birdo

Just Off the Street Art

On By ResaIn Murals162 Comments

Woman Warrior & Wolf

A MAGICAL WORK OF ART

Walking along Queen Street, through a door thrown open to the world, this appeared on a wall.

Looking in, I asked & was granted permission to photograph it for my blog.

The yellowness on 1 side is due to an incandescent light bulb.

Magically, the woman transcends into a wolf.

Love

Are indigenous women allowed to wear the headdress?

Times Are Changing

Tammy Cook-Searson, chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, received her headdress as a gift from the community.

Derek Nepinak, Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says: “At some point, indigenous people need to sit down and have a discussion about the headdress, and have that discussion openly, under the light of day, amongst all of our people,”

Click on Tammy Cook-Searson’s image to read the full CBC article.

A wall behind had another wonderful image.

Pics taken by Resa – August 25, 2025

Toronto, Canada

The artist: Upon inquiry, I was told “One of the guys that works here.”

ANGLED SHOTS

Tattoo Artist Art

On By ResaIn Faces, Garage Doors153 Comments

Le Gasp when I found this garage door.

The colours pierced my side vision from a half block away.

I should have known, even before I got to the door that it was painted by…

…tattoo artist extraordinaire, The Half Decent.

Just another piece of alley art I had to TEAR myself away from.

In real life, it appears black, white, red and silver. The pics weren’t capturing this, so I tried a slower shutter speed, which made the rest too, dark. Below is the comparison.

Normal shutter speed on the left. Slowest I can get on iPhone on the right.

Pano setting created a bluish overtone.

Pics taken by Resa – September 21, 2025

Toronto, Canada

The Artist:

The above fab song, Tattoo, was exhilaratingly performed by Loreen at 2023’s GNTM (Germany’s Next Top Model). Of the 5 finalists presented here, who do you think won?

Have You Ever Seen the Rain,

On By ResaIn Murals, Poetry311 Comments

Coming Down on a Sunny Day?

I spotted this being painted while passing in a street car. I waited 3 days and returned.

The painting was not quite finished, and there was a cherry picker blocking the bottom. It was a sunny day, but I was in a mighty blue mood. Some rain had fallen in my life.

I waited 3 more days, and returned to the yellow and blue painting, like sun and rain, to me. I could heard this song. I had been hearing it for 3 days.

I mailed Holly and told her I found a painted poem. I sent a couple of pics and asked did she have any sun and rain poems? Any yellow and blue poems? She sent 3 poems, and a song.

September Rain

The rains come late; vanilla yogurt clouds deepen to ripe blueberry.
Twirling harlequins of wind sweep upward through the lush crowns of Lindens where birds weave wicker, dried stems, and waxy feathers, dripping pearly dew onto overgrown gardens.
Higher, squirrels shelter in rattan dreys, inky shadows among mottled rays that dance on puddles and glistening blades, the potpourri of life.

~~~ Holly Rene Hunter

One was not a rain on a sunny day poem. Rather, she sent flowers on a sun’s shore.

FLOWER GIRL

Where are you my love?
Chasing shadows along sun swept shores?

Turbulence has exfoliated the rosy blush from my cheeks. When we speak our words drift away on the wind.

If you should change your mind I’ll be waiting by the garden gate flowers in my hair.


– Holly Rene Hunter


It Feels Like Rain

The earthy scent of petrichor clings to our skin,  overflows my eyes,  slips down our cheeks to mingle with  salty lips.
We know how it feels to swim in sun drenched rivers,  to touch the moon and feel the sear of the  sun. 
Your song  fills the sky with falling stars.
But mine bring the rain…  
I bring the rain.
It feels like rain…
You know it feels like rain. 

– Holly Rene Hunter

Pics taken by Resa – September 1 & 4, 2025

Toronto, Canada

I GOT TO MEET THE ARTISTS!

Paul Jackson – https://pauljacksonlives.com/

@mony.zak on Instagram

CHEERS TO EVERY DAY!