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Pics taken by Resa – October 21, 2024
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
Tag: Graffiti Lux Art & More
The Dreamers
Actually, I was day dreaming down a rather cozy alley when I found this.
Then, it seemed I was in a dream.
The key? Are dreams a key?
“Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody’s looking for something.”
Pics taken by Resa – March 14, 2025
Toronto, Canada
“Sweet Dreams” Lyrics – Dave Stewart &Annie Lennox
The Artist: Unsigned
Feeling Good
This looks like a paste-up.
It’s in a parking area blocked by cars and lots of wires, making it difficult to get a good full on shot.
These first 3 were taken with zoom-out.
The rustiest (good thing I just had a tetanus shot), narrowest and steepest fire escape I ever climbed was my vantage point here.
Zoomed in, but there was no getting above the wires. I was at the top, dizzy and tipsy but grabbed the shots in the slideshow below.
While up there, the sun came out and effected the colours.
In the sideshow below find 3 close ups of the body art and 2 shots depicting why you should wash your car before parking by art!
My thoughts went to the amazing Nina Simone.
Couldn’t make up my mind. The vid below is under 2 mins. & WOW!!!
Pics taken by Resa – March 14, 2025
Toronto, Ontario
The artist:
Daniel Mazzone
Poetess Nouveau
When I laid eyes on this exquisite mural, I immediately thought of poetess Holly – House of Heart.
If you don’t know her bewitching metaphoric prowess, you are missing out!
Found in Kensington Market, this remake of Kensington Flower Girl , (posted in 2015) has achieved a much enhanced romantic quality.
The bigger it gets, the better it gets!
Amazing what can be painted on the side of an old house.
A perfect song for this Holly dedicated post is Suzanne by Leonard Cohen, but I have already posted it for her several times.
So, I went behind a door that’s not a door, but a metaphor. This song was there.
No one can stand on a piano and sing like Steve Tyler.
Pics taken by Resa – March 19, 2025
Toronto, Canada
The Artists:
Behind the Wire
A “Le gasp” moment grabbed me when this fabulous mural appeared in an alley.
Narrow yards, and fences blocking fire escapes that were far enough away to get a great shot without wires, were the bane of this shoot.
Settling into the best spot available, I did my best to capture this magnificent mural.
Unable to get rid of the wire, I kept thinking “it’s behind the wire. Isn’t “Behind the Wire”a term?
It means being in a prison camp or refugee camp. Or, it’s about how institutions/governments have an effect on individuals.
I was intrigued by the lock and twig key in the woman’s forehead. Lots of meaning there.
Anyway, I tried capturing angles, and of course reflections in a parked car. Got 3 good ones, in the slideshow below.
Reminder – If you park your car by art, make sure the car is clean!
Pics taken by Resa – March 7, 2025
Toronto, Canada
The Artists:
Abstract Feelings
Abstract is the best word I can come up with to describe how I feel these days.
Graffiti Alley
Might as well show off some of the abstract art I’ve collected. A definition is as follows:
For some reason, this piece called out.
I think it has something to do with the centre sort of 3D geometric breast/shield shape.
As you can see it was painted over other art. The abstract artist allowed some of the previous art to remain.
Chuckling about the teeth (old art) chewing on. the new art.
Alley Gallery
Graffiti Alley isn’t the only alley with art in Toronto. These are from alleys near my home.
Since first sighting of the wedge below, Graham at Mandala Vihara came to mind.
So, using the rotation feature, I made 4 sides to form a mandala. Only perfect is perfect. This is the best I could do with imperfect.
BY THE WAY: Tiffany Arpdaleo Is an abstract artist I follow on WP. Her art is fabulous.
Below – A car reflects wall art.
This alley fence I pass at least once a week was painted 2 years ago. I took the pic back then. The colours are still holding out.
Garage Doors
A bit further away, but within a 3 hour there and back walk:
This garage door in 3, parts, makes a cool triptych. A resident came home & parked her car. It was cool how the doors opened. The 3 pieces are featured individually in the slideshow below.
Same artist as the fence at the end of Alley Gallery. There were 4 in 1 alley – in the slideshow.
The below artist’s work is popular in the alleys.
This is an old rotting wood garage door. Yay for art!
On the Street
Not swung out at first sight, but it’s grown on me.
Boxes
I’ve been somewhat neglectful of taking pics of power boxes and Bell boxes. Most are abstract. Pulling my socks up as of NOW!
Below- Tags piled on tags. I’m quite fond of the accidental abstract this non art, art form randomly creates. Still, it defies the definition, which makes me like it even better. Think I’ll call it Rebel Art.
Pics taken by Resa – 2022 – 2025
Toronto, Canada
Some of the Artists:
Funky Town
feat. Lipps
It took several trips to get this piece.
The first time it was like- YAY fresh graf! Then it was what the….?
There were 2 separate metal grill works, no idea what they are for, covering the art. You can see in the pic, I tried to slide one over. It was dead heavy, and the bit you see took me about 5 minutes of grunt work to slide.
I couldn’t just plop it to the ground, as there was a car parked.
Obsessed, I returned every several days, until there were no parked cars. The grills were still there, so I plopped them to the ground.
The art had been freed from its jail!
I returned the grills to the upright position prior to departing.
Pics taken by Resa – October 15 & 28, 2024
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
Graffiti Alley is my Funky Town.
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