Tag: Murals

Birds of Davenport

On By ResaIn Murals, Nick Sweetman64 Comments

Or as I call them, Nick’s Birds.

After all, Nick painted them.

First up is the Black & White Warbler.

Then we have the Blue Jay.

White-breasted Nuthatch

As one can see in the header, the birds are painted in a curved semi amphitheatre seating area. It semi-surrounds the entrance to the Davenport Subway station. Hence The Birds of Davenport.

I also took the mural in sections. The first section features the first six birds; up to the Red Breasted Grosbeak. Above – Cedar Waxwing

Northern Flicker

Red Breasted Grosbeak

The 5 birds after the Grosbeak are:

The White-throated Sparrow

Scarlet Tanager

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

European Starling

Red-tailed Hawk

And the last 5

House Finch (personal love)

The Ruby-crowned Kinglet

A Turkey Vulture

Blackburnian Warbler

And finally, the Common Grackle.

Pics taken by Resa – April 30, 2026

Toronto, Canada

The Artist:

Woman in a Window & Pretty Trashed

On By ResaIn Graffiti Alley, Windows130 Comments

I went to the Junction to see if any of the holiday window art had been kept.

Every holiday season artists paint, usually frost-like images, on the windows of shops.

It’s only there for a month, a cold and snowy month. This is why I’ve never made it there for the happening.

I found only one. It’s on a record store window. I don’t know if it’s from the art fest or not, but I like it.

I was in a window once,

in a pantyhose ad.

Photo by Taffy Rosen

Found this when tossing stuff from the back of a closet. Kinda glad I still have it… crumpled & stained though it may be. (I touched amap out as possible.)

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She’s Pretty & she’s on a trash bin, so she’s Pretty Trashed.

Pics taken by Resa – May 25 & 30, 2026

Toronto, Canada

Artists: Unknown to me at this time

Dan Antion’s Doors Challenge

On By ResaIn Thank You's, Tributes

The 2026 Annual Edition

A BIG THANK YOU to Dan at No Facilities for hosting his annual Doors Challenge!

Dorabella & Dorinda do Doors

Above is my response to the challenge.

Above are the 3 doors I submitted. Following are all the creators that responded to my doors.

Robbie’s Inspiration – TDWC26: Ode to Light, A Song Parody

It’s lots of fun to read the creative results. Most are stand alone posts, some include other topics.

#TDWC — The Pumpkin Hat Girls: Secret Handshake, a Short Story
Roberta Writes – Esther Chilton’s Writing Challenge, TDWC26, The Flower Hour, and Thursday Doors
Luck – A Haiku Series TDWC
Wings – A Sijo TDWC
Tanka Tuesday
Thru
Cottage by the Sea
Series: Behind Closed Doors 37
The Observer’s Crime
Dissolves – An Ekphrastic Cinquain TDWC Writing Prompts

THANK YOU DAN!

To go directly to The 2026 Doors Challenge page and see all the doors and links, click on the Doors Badge above!

Comments are closed. Please comment directly on Dan’s blog, or on the blogs of the talented contributors.

Fox & Flowers

On By ResaIn Garage Doors150 Comments

Sweet innocence

Sometimes the most simple art enraptures me.

Frannie Potts’ style has a way of making me imagine I feel like a blooming flower, or a butterfly about to fly.

“Flowers in her hair”

Holly reminded me of this song, when she posted it a couple of times, and so did the fox with flowers.

Pics taken by Resa – April 16, 2026

Toronto, Canada

The Arist:

And Remember

Sherlock Holmes Walk

On By ResaIn Murals108 Comments

This cool mural running alongside the Toronto Reference Library begins at Yonge Street, where it very clearly announces Sherlock Holmes Walk.

Jasmin Pannu

However, having had entered from an alley, it’s presented how I saw it, backwards.

Brian Jiang

Various artists worked on this terrific mural, which is coated in a weather proof clear plastic/acrylic. It also makes tagging cleanable.

Unfortunately, it’s like shooting in a mirror, as you can see from the cement tile walk, car, buildings, windows, etc. in the shot. Holmes’ head, above these, is actually a close up where my body blocked all light. Find it in the second slide?

Melika Saeeda

I did what I could to minimize the reflections: shooting on a very cloudy day, closing the aperture amap, shooting on angles and mini touch ups in post.

Bernice Lum
Adrian Hayles

This is one of my 2 faves. It’s actually a lighter sepia, but without closing the aperture, it was also a lovely shot of the library’s windows and denizens.

Keitha Keeshig-Tobia Biizindam
Heidi Berton
Fatspatrol (Fathima)

My other Fave

Stunning in real life. As you can see, like shooting in a mirror. Yet, in real life, you don’t notice all the reflecting.

Jeff Blackburn
Troy Pynn
Annwin Arts
Brent Hardisty
EGR

There were 2 more paintings by Poser and Old Hues, but they are very dark, and I just was not able to capture them decently.

Phade – Skam – Jetr

Pics taken by Resa – November 24, 2025

Toronto, Canada

The artists names are under the pics

AND

A shout out to MISTY the cat, whose name is an “ER” short of MYSTERY. Her human, Dave Astor on Literature writes “Short essays about novels and other fictional works”.

PS: Check your SPAM Folder regularly!

Home Is Where the Art Is

On By ResaIn Faces, Street Art136 Comments

One Sunday all I had to do for the art show was to pick up a couple small things. The place was only 4.5 km. from home, so I walked.

There and back was only 5.6 miles, a perfect walk on the first nice day in a long time.

It was an odd location, with no visible street art as I walked there.

I took a different route on the way home,

.. and found art.

I also found the artists working on the art.

I spent some time chatting with each artist.

They were generous with their time, and let me take some pics of them working.

It felt good to be back in my street art shoes. It felt like home.

Pics taken by Resa – April 2, 2026

Toronto, Canada

The Artists:

Note: The Art Show is open for another week, but there is someone else babysitting it. Wrap out is the week after. Then I can make a post about it!

April Squeeze

On By ResaIn Alley Gallery, Faces138 Comments

April Showers paints her beauties in the worst spots.

This one was at a truck rental parking place. Yes, I almost got stuck squeezing through.

Of all the graf tagged onto the wall, all I wanted was the April Showers face. The best I could do in a 2 foot slot was some demented up angles and truck window reflections.

And now, I am squeezing through from here, until middle/late April. This is my last post until then.

But, I will be visiting when I can.

Not sure who this artist is.
It’s a fine mess.

It’s because I got involved in an ART SHOW. YAY!

So, like April Showers, I’ll be sharing my beauties, but in a nice place.

But if I could, I would have a fashion show in an alley filled with graffiti.

  • Jennifer models VELVET TANGO

There’s nothing like finding beauty in the roughest places; like Velvet Tango, the Art Gown I made for Holly House of Heart in a tagged up alley.

April Showers will bring art & flowers, and I’ll have lots to share with you!

Of the plethora, I’m mostly super excited to share the show of Paul McCartney’s amateur pics from 1963-64.

Our blog pal MATT is going to be on board for that!

There’s pics Paul took of the other Beatles, of America through the limo & train windows and some colour shots from Miami.

The show was SPLASHTACULAR!

There were also a few old professional promo shots.

Courtesy Camilla Wells Paynter

So until then, like this art is tagged, I Wish You Roses!

Pics taken by Resa 2024 – 2026

Toronto, Canada