Summer In The 'Hood

Another mural from the railway underpass on Lansdowne Ave. This one seems to scream summer to me with all the images of this wonderful time of year. I forgot to check for an artist name for this one.

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Happy

I found this mural in a railway underpass and thought the creatures all looked quite happy despite the noise from the trains. The artist for this one is Planta Muisca who has done a lot of murals around town.

There Is A Story Here

This is yet another mural from the railway underpass. I really like this one and I'm sure there is a story to it that I haven't figured out. The artist is Taraman Mehrsa. 

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Under The Rainbow

This is yet another of the murals found along a west-end railway underpass. I love the colours and gentle images in this one as all seems to thrive around the rainbow. The artists for this one are Mo Thunder and Shawna Howe.

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Ducks And Friends

There were a lot of murals along the railway underpass that I have been showing the last few weeks. This section shows a collaboration between Nick Sweetman with his ducks and Elicser's people.  The mechanical bits must be by someone else whose name I didn't get.  The ducks steal the show I think.

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Spring Riding

Spring seems to come and go at this time of year but soon we can be in shorts and riding our bikes around town and doing some shopping. This mural was found along the same railway underpass as last week's. The artist for this one is Curtia Wright.  

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Skein

I spotted this mural painted on a railway underpass last fall. There is a similar pattern on the opposite side of the road. Titled Skein, it is meant to represent the weaving together of the stories and inspirations of the local residents. It certainly brightens the area. I will show you what is behind the concrete wall tomorrow.  
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Bridge

This mural is found under a railway overpass in the northwest part of the city. I had seen the artist working on it and talked to him a few times and then he disappeared before the whole thing was finished. This central section is quite recognizable as a homage to Monet and it is rather nice that the city has since added the bench.
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A Linear Park

This is the info sign included as part of the murals I have shown over the last two days. The murals' purpose is to promote the Green Line which is a proposed 5 km long linear park which will run along a Hydro corridor just north of the railway tracks that run through the city south of Davenport Road. There are already several small parks that are established but more need to be formed as well as some access to established parking lots is needed to connect the green spaces. For more info you can check out the Green line site HERE. I took a walk with the group in the spring and it will be super thing when and if it is ever finished.
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You're Mine

This is the second half of the mural I showed you yesterday - it is across the road from yesterday's. A bit of a homage to Johnny Cash and also to a project I will tell you about tomorrow. Unfortunately there is still a railing in the way!

The Line

Sometimes there is nothing you can do about an obstruction in the way of your pic and this is one of those times. I spotted this mural leading into a railway underpass on Dovercourt Rd, under the hydro corridor that runs along beside the tracks. The artist is the well-known Montreal artist, Roadsworth, aka Peter Gibson. I will show you the other side tomorrow and give you the background story on Wednesday.
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Train Noise

This mural by artist Paul Aloisi was painted on the railway underpass at Davenport & Dupont in 2014. Its title"Synesthesia" refers to the phenomenon where the stimulation of 1 sense leads to experiences in a 2nd sense - here it is hearing and vision. The mural is meant to be a visual representation of the sound of trains passing overhead. If you have time check out his site (HERE) with a short youtube film - it's pretty cool.
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Irises

I present arguably the most beautiful mural in Toronto so far. The artist, Chris Irvine, has spent several weeks getting this just right and he has now actually signed it. I stopped to talk to him one day and he said that he is hoping that the city is going to plant irises and install 2 benches in the 3 ft space between the wall and the sidewalk. He has now been working on the opposite wall under this railway overpass and this one is a Monet, to go along with Van Gogh. An incredibly dreary space is being rehabilitated!
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Riding Along

This is the next section in the mural by Elicser which I showed him working on last week. He says there is no narrative to this long mural and that he is just having fun working in a more abstract style than usual. I have shown a lot of his work before - just click on the Elicser label below to see more.
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Finished

This is the finished part of the mural which I showed you yesterday and you can see all the details that Elicser has put into it.  I'll show you more of this long mural over the next few weeks as sections get completed.

Artist At Work

I spotted a mural that was partly done in a railway underpass on Bathurst St and immediately knew it was another piece by Elicser and so I kept going back to see if I could catch the artist at work. Finally after a few trips, there he was! We talked for a while and then he posed for this pic of him in action. He is continuing work on this mural which is quite long and tomorrow I will show you this part which is now completed.
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For The Pigeons

This wall leads into a railway underpass and this mural which is a homage to all the pigeons that live there extends through to the other side and out about the same length as what you see here. It is impossible to get the whole thing in one pic while dodging the traffic along a busy Davenport Rd. The mural was painted in 2006 by a community group and has survived the elements quite well.
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Railway Mural

This "Railway Heritage Mural" is found suitably painted on a the wall of a railway underpass located on St Clair Ave W. The artist is a local, Marcelo Pinero, who incorporated the street art style into this historic mural that was completed in 2012.
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The CDP theme for May is "Squares".

Community Art

I took this pic earlier this fall when the weather was still warm and I just happened to pass by the activity as a community group began painting a mural in a railway underpass. The work continued for several weeks with an artist fine-tuning the painting that had been done by the volunteers. The theme of the piece is hockey and it still seems to be a work in progress so I will wait a while before getting a pic of the finished piece!

New Mural D

This is the part of the mural that you see coming out of the other end of the railway underpass. A very cool dude with his plaid hat - I wonder if it could be a self-portrait of the artist, Elicser?  I'll have to watch to see if this mural gets tagged at all.

Update on the B&W mural of a couple of weeks ago that got tagged - the artist was there this week fixing it and actually extending that mural.