I found this on the side of a Gelateria.
I think the blue beads are not beads, but rather blueberries.
How refreshing is lemon gelato, in the summer?
Adore this face, big time!
Pics taken by Resa – February 28, 2023
Toronto, Canada
The artist:
Tag: Street Art
Blue Break
How did I get so busy? I need to chill!
I’m going to take a couple of weeks to work more diligently on Charlotte’s Art Gown, finish reading a couple of books, including John Howell’s “The Last Drive”. (lovin’ it!)
Visit blogs and do some reblogs, do the dentist and doctor thing, prepare my taxes for the accountant, catch up on emails and recover from the sling and arrow of last week.
There’s more for sure, like earning some $$$ and working on my film daze humorous anecdotes. Perhaps a beaver mural would have worked better?
Pics taken by Resa – December 21, 2022
Toronto, Canada
Anne Boleyn
Is it street art, or art in the street?
I instantly recognized the portrait of Anne Boleyn, set in a cold vortex of high rises.
Queen Consort Anne Boleyn was King Henry VIII ‘s second wife. She was beheaded for adultery (charges trumped up by Cromwell) on May 19, 1536. Anne Boleyn is the mother of Queen Elizabeth I.
The portrait in the street is a copy of the famous and only officially verified portrait of Anne Boleyn, that was painted in her lifetime. (Shown below) It is believed that images of her were destroyed to please the king. This is the sole survivor.
Even until today, paintings surface claiming status, but all are renounced.
Photo of the original (left) compared to my photo of the one in the street (right).
I had to go in on an angle to get a close up of her face.
Alongside Richard Burton as Henry the VIII, Geneviève Bujold played Anne Boleyn in the movie “Anne of the Thousand Days”
Elizabeth Taylor, wanted to play Anne Boleyn. At 37, she was rejected as too old. Elizabeth took a small walk on so she could be present at the shooting of the final Tower of London scene. She feared Richard Burton, and Geneviève Bujold were having an affair.
For that tidbit and more trivia about the movie, click on the pic of Elizabeth below.
Here is the infamous 20 second walk on.
Anne Boleyn’s sister Mary was Princess Diana Spencer’s 13th great-grandmother on her father’s side.
So then Mary Boleyn is William and Harry’s 14th great- grandmother on Diana’s father’s side? Does that mean Anne Bolyen is their 14th great-aunt on Diana’s father’s side?
There is a ton of history available on Anne Boleyn. I’ve included 1 link for ease.
In January 1973, Rick Wakeman released his debut solo album, “The Six Wives of Henry VIII. The 36.36 minute album has a piece for each wife. Here is Anne Boleyn.
Pic taken by Resa – February 28, 2023
Toronto, Canada
Mercury and Psyche
I went gaga when I laid eyes on this mural.
The translucency of of colours over words is intriguing to me.
The gods never looked so great!
Rising over 10 stories into the Toronto sky line, this tall boy was difficult to shoot with my IPhone.
Oh, and there was this ugly billboard four feet in front of it, so I had to shoot on an angle.
Ah, I get it! Pave paradise, put in a parking lot. Rectify with gorgeous art. Put bad asp billboard 4 feet in front of art. Next!
Pics taken by Resa – February 20, 2023
Toronto, Canada
The artists: PichiAvo (Pichi & Avo) – Valencia, Spain
Click on photo below to visit their website.
Spirits Moving
Found this in the entrance to the parking of a high rise.
It’s a mural, and a paste-up. It’s the biggest paste-up I’ve ever seen.
Pics taken by Resa – February 13, 2023
Toronto, Canada
The Artist:
Happy Valentine’s Day!
The Oscar Peterson Trio
I found and posted this mural of the Oscar Peterson Trio in 2013. Twenty people saw it.
I was listening to music on my fave music site OANNES. Socrates had posted some music by the great Oscar Peterson. I was thrilled to send him the link to this mural. I was wondering if he could suggest a piece by the Trio featuring Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Max Roach.
He responded back saying Max Roach was never in the Oscar Peterson Trio. Ed Thigpen was the drummer, not Max Roach. I did some searching.
Although Max Roach is portrayed in this mural as the drummer, Socrates is correct. I never actually doubted him. The crazy thing is that this mural was on a very well known Canadian music store chain, in Winnipeg. It does not exist anymore.
The building was torn down some years ago, and the mural did not survive despite attempts to keep it whole.
Here is an album cover with the real Oscar Peterson Trio. (Courtesy Creative Commons Licences)
In 1953 producer Norman Granz recorded: STAN GETZ, tenor sax / OSCAR PETERSON, piano / HERB ELLIS, guitar / RAY BROWN, bass / DIZZY GILLESPIE, trumpet & MAX ROACH, drums. The tracks were; EXACTLY LIKE YOU & IT’S THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Read about it here on the The Jean-Pierre LeLoir Collection
You can buy the recordings. I didn’t, but I found other Oscar Peterson versions of the two brilliantly chill pieces of music.
Pics taken by Resa – February, 2013
Winnipeg, Canada
The artist: Larry Rich
HUGE thank you to OANNES!
Here’s a pic of me taken when I took those pics. Now my hair is grey. Time is a thief!
Turquoise Lion
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.
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