Occasional Toronto: Friendly Bandit

Monday, October 13, 2014

Friendly Bandit

The parkette on Dundas St where the little yellow birds mural of last week is located has been surrounded by murals by various artists, all commissioned by the city. This one by artist Jeff Blackburn is on this funny shaped building which runs down a hill but he has done a great job of keeping the perspective correct of this friendly raccoon. It's nice that it is playing with a toy as do all the kids in the playground where it is located. I'll show you another piece from Blackburn's raccoon series tomorrow with not quite as friendly a beast.
Taking part in Monday Murals. Click here to see more murals from around the world.

30 comments:

Jackie McGuinness said...: Too cute!!!; October 13, 2014 at 9:03 AM
EG CameraGirl said...: I like this. Very cute.; October 13, 2014 at 9:36 AM
EG CameraGirl said...: OOPS! I forgot to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!; October 13, 2014 at 9:40 AM
Revrunner said...: Oh, it's a toy!! Whew! For a moment there I thought it was a monster raccoon attacking a local vendor. :-); October 13, 2014 at 9:50 AM
Anonymous said...: He's done a great job here, fills the space magically!; October 13, 2014 at 9:52 AM
Birdman said...: Ya, unless he's wreaking havoc on your trashcans.; October 13, 2014 at 10:09 AM
Sharon said...: Very cute! I like it.; October 13, 2014 at 10:21 AM
Stephanie said...: Really cute and nice art.; October 13, 2014 at 10:51 AM
Andy said...: This is so COOL!; October 13, 2014 at 12:04 PM
PerthDailyPhoto said...: 'Rocky Racoon' :) He's adorable Pat, super mural for today!; October 13, 2014 at 12:18 PM
Linda said...: Adorable! I'll bet the kids smile when they see it.; October 13, 2014 at 12:29 PM
TexWisGirl said...: that's very cute! love the toy!; October 13, 2014 at 1:00 PM
Anonymous said...: I'm smitten.; October 13, 2014 at 1:05 PM
cieldequimper said...: Hello sweetie! :-); October 13, 2014 at 2:13 PM
Gosia said...: fantastic and original mural; October 13, 2014 at 2:23 PM
Karen said...: I love this Pat!; October 13, 2014 at 3:39 PM
William Kendall said...: This one looks cute!; October 13, 2014 at 5:47 PM
Tom said...: How neat that the city funds street art! Tom The Backroads Traveller; October 13, 2014 at 6:03 PM
Lúcia said...: It seems the cute guy is having fun! ;-); October 13, 2014 at 6:07 PM
Randy said...: Cute little rascal.; October 13, 2014 at 8:30 PM
Cloudia said...: What a sweetie

ALOHA from Honolulu
ComfortSpiral
=^..^= . <3 . >< } } (°>; October 13, 2014 at 9:16 PM
Oakland Daily Photo said...: Definitely a cute little rascal--not at all scary to kids. Thanks for contributing to this week's Monday Mural.; October 14, 2014 at 12:54 AM
Babzy.B said...: nice mural ;); October 14, 2014 at 4:39 AM
Karl said...: So cute :-)
Nice mural.; October 14, 2014 at 5:16 AM
Lowell said...: It appears he's afraid you're gonna take his little car. That's the way raccoons are. Or so I've heard. They can "drive" you nuts!

This could be scary if you came upon it unbeknownst in the night! :); October 14, 2014 at 6:43 AM
Birdman said...: Speaking of critters. We had a possum on our deck yesterday. Never seen one around here.; October 14, 2014 at 9:13 AM
Billy Blue Eyes said...: What a wonderful happy little guy he is; October 14, 2014 at 9:36 AM
Unknown said...: This is so cool! I love it. Also like the next one.; October 14, 2014 at 10:23 AM
Jack said...: I like his raccoons.; October 14, 2014 at 3:45 PM
Laura. M said...: Beautiful mural. I love it;); October 15, 2014 at 9:50 AM