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Further Together

On By ResaIn Murals127 Comments

Or as I call it, International Geese.

When I first saw it I gasped, and thought they were all patterned Canada Geese. I thought of Merril and Tim as I’ve seen many Canada Geese on their blogs.

Okay all geese are not Canada Geese, but all geese are geese (be they a goose or a gander). There are 17 fabric patterns from 17 different cultures in this mural. Before I looked at the legend, I found 14.

Although I found 14 geese, I didn’t know what fabric pattern came from where. I had to use the legend. Here are the 14 I found.

It’s a hectic mural. I presented best I could. There is a bit of goose overlap.

But where where those last 3 geese? I had to use the legend, again. I’m thinking the last 3 are not geese, but rather the shores of the Mississaugas. You can read about it after the last 3 patterns.

15 & 16

17

Pic taken by Resa – July 19, 2023

Toronto, Canada

The Artist:

Annie Hamel

Reflections

Close-ups on a few patterns

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Henry Moore Sculpture

On By ResaIn Sculptures44 Comments

Rebecca at Chasing Art and I have had a few conversations about Henry Moore’s sculptures.

I’ve been wanting to shoot this sculpture for Rebecca (and all) for a while now. It’s in a park  by the AGO. Every time I go by the AGO & the park, I think of her.

I began at one side, and shot my way around the sculpture.

This sculpture was in front of the AGO since 1974. It was moved to the park in 2017.

It was replaced with: Elephant on a Ball

The Henry Moore Sculpture Centre
“The Art Gallery of Ontario is known internationally for its extraordinary and extensive collection of Henry Moore works. The Henry Moore Sculpture Centre at the AGO originally opened in 1974, to house Moore’s original gift to the AGO, now totalling more than 900 sculptures and works on paper.”

Pics taken by Resa – July 19, 2023

Toronto, Canada

Can You Draw a Face Without Taking Your Pencil Off the Paper?

On By ResaIn Anser, Garage Doors74 Comments

Anser can draw a face without taking his spray off the garage door, and without taking his finger off the aerosol actuator.

It was a swiftly drifting big clouds, little clouds, dark clouds, pale clouds and sunny day.

This must be the reason the garage doors came out off-white to dark beige.

Anser’s  faces were some of the original street I ever found.

They were everywhere.

I don’t see them around much, anymore.

Pics taken by Resa – July 3, 2023

Toronto, Canada

The artist:

Anser (unsigned)

Two Women on a Wall – A Tapestry

On By ResaIn Murals, Ness Lee84 Comments

The day was a washout. I’d been all the way to Kensington Market, and only captured a raccoon …… on my camera.

Almost home, I espied an “Anser” bit on a garage door, so got off the streetcar. I walked down a lane off that alley, then turned into another alley and Voilà!

What luck!

As fortune wold have it, there was a clean shiny black car parked there.

Because of the brick, the reflection of the painting took on a “Tapestry” look.

Pics taken by Resa – July 3, 2023

Toronto, Canada

The artist:

Scheheraholly II

On By ResaIn Poetry, Street Art203 Comments

Scheheraholly is inspired from a poem  written by Holly – House of Heart

It was like “A Thousand and One Arabian Nights”, and Holly was like a Scheherazade.

The day she posted the poem, I had found a piece of alley art that played into the whole idea, especially the second last line.

I named it Sheheraholly. Now, I have found Scheheraholly II

Behind a van on an urban desert sand,

no one can see her eyes through her art.

The amazing violin solo is 2.5 minutes

Pics taken by Resa – June 19, 2023

Toronto, Canada

The Artist:

It’s All Over Now Baby Blue

On By ResaIn Faces, Street Art103 Comments

This is the Blue Face that lured me to an abandoned convenience island in midtown.

I have found many blue faces on walls over the years.

They are a braw high octane bohemianism to me.

Big Asp square sunglasses are all important for that je ne sais quoi look.

Someone had tagged this with an RIP done in felt pen.

I removed the bit from the chin on some, and left the rest.

Love those car reflections!

Pics taken by Resa – June 19, 2023

Toronto, Canada

The artist: Unsigned

Dream On

On By ResaIn Nick Sweetman, Street Art103 Comments

A couple of months ago I spotted a blue face, on what looked like a convenience store wall. I was a passenger in a car, and I was daydreaming. The blue face snapped me back to reality.

The face haunted me, and I finally went back. On foot, I started at one corner of the probable area, and proceeded to walk the streets in an organized grid fashion.

I found that blue face, and more. This is not the original blue face I saw. That will be my next post.

As a matter of fact, I didn’t see these faces at first. They were almost invisible in the daylight, like ghost faces. I took their pics anyway.

The bright, weird creature was what one saw, couldn’t miss it a mile away.

I was shocked as I looked at the faces on my computer when I got home. It was like magic. I could see them clearly. I pushed the enhance a bit, and then they really popped.

I added a bit of light to some, and a bit of dark to others. A cool magic was added by the suns rays.

Perhaps these are meant to be seen at night.

Pics taken by Resa – June 19, 2023

Toronto, Canada

The Artist:

Mid city, spaces for 4 or 5 businesses, parking on 3 sides, this was once a guaranteed money making convenience pit stop location. Now there’s only a cannabis outlet.