Tag: Toronto

# Free Oleg Sentsov

On By ResaIn Paste-Ups, Street Art28 Comments

It’s been a long, long time since I found heavily political street art in Toronto.

This piece is on an indiscriminately tagged stretch of construction site board fence.

Sentsov is a Ukrainian film director who Putin put in jail. It was 2 months after Russia illegally occupied Crimea. He is serving 20 years.

He is on a hunger strike, and will die. The most recent article I can find is in Variety Magazine – July 10, 2018. Click on the LOGO to read the article.

Here is an earlier article from June 4 in The New Yorker.

Pics taken by Resa – July 30. 2018

Toronto, Canada

The Artist: Rocksy? I curled down the left corner.

Vintage Toronto Music Scene

On By ResaIn Murals, Skyscrapers43 Comments

Oscar Peterson anchors this 22 story high mural in downtown Toronto.

This mural features the entertainers (Canadian & American) and the venues that were popular in Toronto’s yester-years.

It was impossible for me to capture images that are 22 stories high, but I made a stab at it. To the left, and above Oscar, we have B.B. King, who played a lot at The Colonial (a long gone fave spot for blues and jazz)

Shirley Matthews, an Ontario Performer, was a popular fixture at Club Bluenote.

Gordon Lightfoot was playing at Steeles Tavern when America discovered him. He moved on to Toronto’s prestigious Massey Hall after that!

By the 11th -12th story, Muddy Waters is looking somewhat muddy.

Jackie Shane, American in hiding for many years, has made a comeback to Toronto. We welcome her!

Above her is Dianne Brooks, Glenn Gould and Ronnie Hawkins. Besides my camera not having a telescopic lens, there were bare tree branches. By the blurry top,  it was all branches.

Pics take by Resa – November 18 2017

Toronto, Canada

The Artist: Adrian Hayles

Here is Adrian Hayles’ artist rendering, before the fact.

Here’s the best of my far away captures. Pfft! Hey, there’s a side 2! That’s the next post!

Three Sides of India

On By ResaIn Alley Gallery39 Comments

It’s on 3 sides of a garage.

I start with the face, because I adore it.

Love the reflection!

 Below is actually the first side I saw, as I walked up the alley.

I could have breached the fence, but it wasn’t necessary.

The face and Taj Mahal were on the garage door end. There was a car parked, and I couldn’t get in between.

However, I got this wonderful Taj Mahal reflection in the car.

You can see a wisp of the girl’s head scarf on the left.

The third side is gorgeous.

Pics taken by Resa – June 15, 2018

Toronto, Canada

The Artist: Is unknown to me at this time

Kingsway Royal – Fin

On By ResaIn Murals, Underpasses23 Comments

The last part of Kingsway Royal includes a York County coat of arms.

Artist: Emilia Jajus

It is on the bridge over the river where this man fishes.

Artist: Emilia Jajus
Artist: Emilia Jajus

Beyond the bridge is bucolic imagery of the area.

Artist: Emilia Jajus

Many renditions of this type of home is still found in well kept order in this area. It is dark in the underpass, so they have these lights to help us see. I thought the way the capture of the light mixing with the tree is interesting.

Artist: Emilia Jajus

Playing beside the house, and peeking around a tree are 2 children. The tree is on a corner of the underpass. the boy is on one side.

Artist: Emilia Jajus

The girl is on the other side.

Artist: Emilia Jajus
Artist: Emilia Jajus
Artist: Emilia Jajus

Robert Home Smith was a real person who was important to this area.

Artist: Emilia Jajus

Pics taken by Resa – June 3, 2018

Toronto, Canada

The Artist: Emilia Jajus

Kingsway Royal 1

On By ResaIn Murals, Underpasses31 Comments

It’s a nostalgic mural of the Kingsway Royal York area, in an underpass.

Artist: Emilia Jajus

Let me back up to the beginning. It starts with a park.

Artist: Emilia Jajus
Artist: Emilia Jajus

This mural is not quite 3 years old, and already the rain run-off has left its marks.

Artist: Emilia Jajus
Artist: Emilia Jajus

The park is at the entrance to the tunnel.

Artist: Emilia Jajus

When we enter the tunnel, there is a street with a theater,

Artist: Emilia Jajus

…a bakery…

… a bank & couple other businesses.

Artist: Emilia Jajus
Artist: Emilia Jajus

The rest of this side of the underpasses mural is after the planter, for the next post.

Artist: Emilia Jajus

Picstaken by Resa- June 3, 2018

Toronto, Canada

The Artist: http://www.emiliajajus.com/