That’s Bunso posing by Poseidon. I met him while he was painting over the tags on his god art.
I could have asked him what god it was, but I always turn into an idiot groupie when I meet a street artist. I was lucky to be calm enough to get this pic.
He’s an amazing artist. I’ll make him an artist category, as this is my 4th or 5th piece by him.
Anyway, I wasn’t sure about the god, until…
…I found Pegasus.
Fathered by Poseidon, he was born from Medusa’s neck when Perseus cut her head off.
Pics taken by Resa- September 23, 2023, March 25, 2024 & April 9, 2025
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
Bellerophon, divine hero & the son of Poseidon and Eurynome, rode Pegasus in order to defeat the monster Chimera.
Then again, I have read a bit about Artemis, and almost nothing about Diana.
This piece is 3 years old.
I’m crazy about it.
The abstract background is killer.
Artemis or Diana – In the end I see an amazing Power Woman.
BONUS
Recently Dan Anton over at No Facilities posted a series on his visit to the Heinz Museum, in Pittsburg.
A Woman’s Place (the name being grist for the mill) is one of the exhibits. Fabulous and important women of Pittsburg featured in the exhibit are: Mary Schenley, Nellie Bly and Ava Duvernay.
Other notable women of Pittsburg include: Mary Cassatt, Martha Graham, Gertrude Stein, Mary Dee Dudley and Mary Cardwell Dawson.
Thinking I’d struck myth gold with this mural found at the University of Toronto, I sent pics to Aquileana, who had found murals about myths, as well. So was born our Greek Mythology/ Graffiti Murals Collaboration.
He really does look like the sun! His sister Artemis aka Selene looks on.
I am presenting the mural from left to right.
Click on Pic to see the full glory of the mural
Next in the mural, there is a man behind a wolf.
I thought this would be the Olympic boxer Damarchus,who is also Lycanthropeis or the first werewolf.
It seems this couple is waving to us. I hope they don’t get fleeced by KHOLKIKOS. Hmm, did the ancients have high-rise cityscapes?
I’m not sure why the woman has 3 arms. Aquileana presented some insight. There is unity, divinity and the fact that 3 is both a lunar and solar number.
I see this in the artistic rendering that Aquileana did to a section of the mural. I see the woman’s third arm warming up the man’s inner soul. It’s very clever. Art begets art.
Behind the couple is MANTICORE. He is a lion’s body with a man’s head, and lion’s mane. Sounds a bit Sphynx-like as well.
Although he looks like a sweetie in this mural, don’t be fooled. Manticore was known to be deadly vicious.
I’m really excited to read Aquileana’s post. She is much more detailed. I have learned a lot about Greek Mythology from reading her blog. Otherwise, I would have thought this mural was just another pretty picture!
Aquileana is an Uber Blogger hailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
She’s smart as a whip & I always have to read her posts 2 or 3 times. This is because I want to completely absorb all she has taken so much time to share with us. Follow Aquileana on Twitter. Click on the Bird & check out her page.
I tried very hard to find out who the artist is, and how old the mural is. I had no luck.
Three weeks later, I returned to the U of T tunnel to scour the mural for a signature or date, to no avail.
I found an image on-line taken in 2008. It was showing a bit of wear back then. I’m estimating that from the wear I see in the pic I took below that it is 15 years old, maybe more.
Blows up nicely!
Although the ancient Greeks had sundials, this modern U of T model was of no help, as I have no idea how to read it.
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