Tag: Queen Street West

The Poser Bunnies

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Poser Bunnies were some of the first graf art pieces I found when I began collecting in Toronto.

There was an ample supply all over the city.

Then they disappeared, for years.

They have returned, but they are different. They’re all happy.

The bunnies used to have other expressions: angry, devilish, rascally, indifferent, maniacal even.

Now, they’re just all happy!

Here’s the 2 above in their Graffiti Alley home.

Pics taken by Resa – 2023

Toronto, Canada

The Artist:

PS: I’m suppressing comments. I need to catch up visiting!

Cameron House

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The Cameron House was built in 1880.

In 1895, the structure became the “John Burns Hotel.”

 In 1896, it became the “Cameron House”.

In the early 1920’s it became a working hotel.

In 1981 it became a venue/hotel for the bohemian arts crowd featuring music, performance, and visual art.

It remains so to this day.

The music venue holds about 60 people.

Pics taken by Resa – September 11, 2023

Toronto, Canada

The Artist:

Neo Adonis

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It looks like a painting of a classic sculpture on a stucco wall.

However if you look at the last 3 shots, you will see the left corner peeling. It reveals brick.

Is the medium really thick pealing paint, or an incredibly well done paste-up?

Adonis, the god of beauty and attraction is the male counterpart for Aphrodite.

He looks even prettier surrounded by the tags and mayhem of Graffiti Alley.

This piece sings for a neo-classic music composition. I have chosen fellow blogger Trent McDonald’s “Piano Sonata in g minor lll: Scherzo” done on a Garritan virtual Steinway software piano.

Pics taken by Resa – July 19, 2023

Toronto, Canada

Artist – unknown

“A few years back I decided to compose a “classical style” piano sonata. By “classical style”, I am talking late 18th/early 19th century. More specifically, I was thinking Beethoven. I had already composed a sonatina that is very Clementi in style, so it was time for the Big B.

This was the Scherzo, which was a “little joke”. Deep down there is an almost minuet hidden, but you’d have to dig deep to find it. No, “little joke” describes it much better. I always really like it, almost as much as the scherzo to my sonata in c# minor, which is what I use for my phone’s ringtone. ”  

 

Further Together

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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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Turquoise Lion

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It’s just a small piece in an alley, and I love it!

He lives midst bits and burners.

The burner (writing) to the right of the lion is by Insight. The face on the far right is an Elicsr.

Pics taken by Resa – December 21, 2022

Toronto , Canada

The Artist:

Unsigned, but a guess would be Nick Sweetman

Honestly, I always thought the name of this song was “Lion Eyes”. I’ve used it on a post before, and I was sure it was “Lion Eyes”. Guess I hear and see what I want to.

 

Happy Horror’een

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Come closer, don’t be afraid! I’ll only bite some of you!

As you can see, I’m quite the looker.

I live behind parked cars, and when I can’t suck blood, I suck tail pipes!

Yip, yip, AAAaaaRRrrOooooo. I bite everyone! I’m an equal opportunity gnawer!

Perhaps you’d rather be impaled by my pal up the alley? He’s an old friend of Vlad.

Deepest horror condolences to Tim. It appears an owl swallowed him! Makes me wonder what the owlets will look like next spring?

Pics taken by Resa – 2021

Toronto, Canada

The Artists:

DEDICATED TO MY NIECE , SHERRIE

For more Hallowe’en fun visit the Chicklets on Gigi’s blog, over the next two days!

For the horror of all horror visit Teagan!  She used a couple of my horror-ible drawings. She wanted to use another this weekend, but she has NO NET! The Horror! The Horror!