Occasional Toronto: Happy Orange Guy

Monday, May 6, 2013

Happy Orange Guy

I'm back in the Ossington lane where most of the garages have been painted with murals to discourage tagging - part of a city-santioned program. This piece was done by the artist Rock about whom I could find no information. If you look closely you can see that he has spelled out his name in the shapes while including some whimsical creatures to cheer up the laneway.
Taking part in Monday Murals. Click here for more murals.

20 comments:

Sharon said...: That should put a smile on your face!; May 6, 2013 at 10:00 AM
TexWisGirl said...: really cute.; May 6, 2013 at 10:40 AM
Jackie McGuinness said...: I'm looking forward to taking a day to hang out on Ossington with my BFF and our cameras!!!; May 6, 2013 at 10:56 AM
Karen said...: That's cute, love the long noses!; May 6, 2013 at 11:02 AM
Lowell said...: I like this. But I'd never have seen his name there if you hadn't mentioned it! Cute!; May 6, 2013 at 11:22 AM
hamilton said...: the orange guy has a sinister looking smile, if you ask me!; May 6, 2013 at 11:47 AM
Anonymous said...: Job done, they certainly cheer up the laneway!; May 6, 2013 at 12:38 PM
LONDONLULU said...: Whimsical indeed, I love the bright and cheery colors! (Re: your comment last week on Peruvian restaurant (sorry, catching up), yours sounds fantastic - the cuisine isn't that easy to find here, but nice to know it has made it's way to so many metro areas).; May 6, 2013 at 12:46 PM
Lúcia said...: Cool program, and it seems the artist enjoyed to create these happy creatures! ;-); May 6, 2013 at 12:55 PM
Deb said...: Wonder if that is a self portrait, if so he shouldn't be too hard to spot....; May 6, 2013 at 5:05 PM
William Kendall said...: A colourful image, indeed...; May 6, 2013 at 6:41 PM
Oakland Daily Photo said...: Golly, even knowing what the lettering spells does not help me one bit to "see" it. I'm hopeless. The Kilroy faces are funny and lighthearted. The Orange Guy's teeth make him seem a little sinister. But it looks like some persistent taggers still were not dissuaded. Too bad. Thanks for contributing to this week's Monday Mural.; May 6, 2013 at 8:55 PM
Jack said...: I am pretty happy not to live in a place where it is necessary to paint up my garage so that the vandals son't do even worse to it.; May 6, 2013 at 9:06 PM
Randy said...: Now that's fun.; May 6, 2013 at 11:22 PM
Chrissy Brand said...: Clever, bright and cheering!; May 7, 2013 at 5:58 AM
PerthDailyPhoto said...: Me too Pat, if you hadn't said..It's a real fun mural, bet this is a really colourful neighbourhood :); May 7, 2013 at 9:55 AM
Unknown said...: So cool and funny! :-); May 7, 2013 at 10:06 AM
ArtandArchitecture-SF.com said...: FUN! Love that it is part of a city sanctioned program, nice to see cities waking up to the situation.; May 7, 2013 at 12:20 PM
EG CameraGirl said...: This one made me chuckle. Ha!; May 7, 2013 at 1:45 PM
Anonymous said...: Thanks for pointing out how he incorporated his name; would have missed it. Makes me want to hand each of them a handkerchief for some reason!; May 8, 2013 at 4:03 PM