Tag: Tiger

A Cat for Gigi

On By ResaIn Cats, Kensington Market2 Comments

Years ago, I was looking for cat street art for Gigi – Rethinking Life.

Someone told me about this new garage door with a tiger on it, in an alley near Kensington Market.

It took about 3 hours of alley grid walking, but I found it!

Unfortunately, it had already been severely defaced with tags. No cat for Gigi!

A few days ago, I was in the area, and went through the alley as a long cut to the streetcar stop.

OMG! The Tiger had been restored!

Pics taken by Resa – June 13, 2025

Toronto, Canada

The Artist:

“Humans – wait your turn please”

On By ResaIn Animal Lives Matter, Street Art278 Comments

That is a line from one of the poems in Robbie Cheadle’s new book Burning Butterflies.

I Found a Wall with a Simian, a Tiger and a Leopard

… and I immediately thought of Robbie.

I have learned a lot about South African animals from her books, photos and videos, so it was natural that I thought of her when I saw this mural.

Did you know that “most of the monkeys are not indigenous to South Africa and were raised as house pets or bred for the pet trade.”

From – Lion Scream

Tigers

…are not from Africa, either.

From – Lion Scream

Leopards

…. are however, from Africa!

From – Burning Butterflies

Burning Butterflies is Robbie’s most recent book of poetry and imagery.

Through poetry, photography, art and video, she shares her knowledge of South Africa’s wildlife with us.

Robbie not only teaches us about these fabulous creatures, but tells of their plight in man’s madding world.

About Robbie

South African author, photographer, and artist, Robbie Cheadle, has written and illustrated seventeen children’s books, illustrated a further three children’s books, and written and illustrated four poetry books. Her work has also appeared in poetry and short story anthologies. .

Robbie also has two novels and a collection of short stories published under the name of Roberta Eaton Cheadle and has horror, paranormal, and fantasy short stories featured in several anthologies under this name.

You can find her books on Amazon sites around the globe. Just search “Robbie Cheadle” for children and youth books – “Roberta Eaton Cheadle” for adult books.

Some of her books are also available on KOBO.

Visit Robbie on her blogs: Roberta Writes and Robbies Inspiration

See all the animals on Robbies YouTube Channel 

Download African animal pics for free on Robbie’s Unsplash Page

Street Art pics taken by Resa – March 14, 2025

Toronto, Canada

The Artists:

It was a really long wall – over 100 ft.

Kitchen – The Painted House

On By ResaIn The Painted House111 Comments

It was mayhem, a potpourri of colour.

I fell in love with the tiger. I thought of all my cat pals.

Upon entering there is a face to the left.

Straight ahead, left side of the kitchen is another face and the stunning leopard head.

Everything was painted: the cupboards, the stove, the range hood, the walls, the windows and nothing was left to paint, except the paint itself.

So, the paint was painted.

On the right side is an all over abstract mural. I saw the eye, but didn’t see the face until looking at pics.

Here’s a slide show of some more kitchen bits.

  • Back door to the house
  • Down to the basement, kitchen to the right
  • First sight when I looked in
  • The eye wall corner
  • The eye

Pics taken by Resa – August 11 , 2024

Toronto, Canada

The Artists:

& Natasha Dichpan (@the_illust)

Lucky Kitty, Tiger, Panda & Dragon

On By ResaIn Graffiti Mural, Street Art34 Comments

 This is a tiger kitten who grew into a bigger tiger.

Artists: Bacon, Wunder, Tensoe2, Cruz1

The Chinese “Lucky Kitty”!

Artists: Bacon, Wunder, Tensoe2, Cruz1

 I thought, “Yay, cats!” and thought of Georgiann when I found this.

Artists: Bacon, Wunder, Tensoe2, Cruz1

Ooo, the cats side by side. That’s very lucky!

Artists: Bacon, Wunder, Tensoe2, Cruz1

Then, there’s a lucky Panda. I  love Pandas.

Artists: Bacon, Wunder, Tensoe2, Cruz1

OMG! A lucky dragon!

Artists: Bacon, Wunder, Tensoe2, Cruz1

Artists: Bacon, Wunder, Tensoe2, Cruz1

Working my way back to capture the 3 writings.

Artists: Bacon, Wunder, Tensoe2, Cruz1

Artists: Bacon, Wunder, Tensoe2, Cruz1

Artists: Bacon, Wunder, Tensoe2, Cruz1

A very lucky mural, all in all! (It blows up a bit if clicked)

Artists: Bacon, Wunder, Tensoe2, Cruz1

Pics taken by Resa – April 22, 2018

Toronto, Canada

Lucky Artists:

 

Sherrie & Resa’s Pieces

On By ResaIn Graffiti Art, Guests, Street Art16 Comments

Sherrie captured this fierce Pharaoh in Halifax.

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Photo © Sherrie Yager

I captured this terrifying tiger in Toronto.

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You will notice they both have stripes!

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Photo © Sherrie Yager

You will notice they both head up a graf writing bit!

Shr #3

 We sure make a great team!

 Sherrie Yager pics taken –  August 27, 2015 – Halifax

Resa pics taken – December 6, 2015 – Toronto

⭐ THANK YOU SHERRIE (my favorite)! ⭐

Shr #2

Tiger Artist:

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