Public street artwork photos captured in Toronto, Canada. Images of large and small murals that are done with aersol spray sometimes referred to as graffiti but is wonderful artwork. Large scale murals are sometimes financed by a local business that is trying to promote its services.
Small murals may be as simple as a design on the front of a store, even on the door or at the entrance. Vans are included in this broad category as well as sculptures.
Large scale murals don’t take as long to make as one would except. Most of the hardwork goes into the planning. Some huge murals can take as little time as a week.
Murals that are several stories high generally need a lift so that the artist can work without having to climb up and down a ladder. However, some murals will only be done by the use of a ladder which is very time consuming.
Artists will wear masks to protect themselves from the aerosol spray as it can cause health problems.
Wall Expressions Aerosol Paint Laneway Another quickie post. I’ll probably do another one as there were 15 artists painting last weekend. This organized by Brooke Somerleigh (Spudbomb’s wife). It’s continuation of the project that she put together in 2017. Ted…
KJ Bit Laneway Mural Project Part Two More garage door murals from the laneway project done back in September. There were only 30 artists painting that weekend. Last year they painted the same alley and it was called “Light up…
Kj Bit Collective Laneway Mural Project More from the artists jam that happened a couple of weeks ago. I went back last week because some of the garage doors hadn’t been finished when I was there the week before. FYI..…
Anya Mielniczek & Oriah Scott Collab Mural These artists Anya Mielniczek & Oriah Scott worked together to create this amazing mural to bring awareness about the environment. O hálito.. means the breath. . (goes without saying) breathing is vital for…
More Butterfly Laneway Mural Project This will be my final Butterfly Laneway Project 2019 organized by Nick Sweetman He had a ‘celebration’ last Friday.. (which – I didn’t attend unfortunately) Tomorrow, Friday, September 20, the David Suzuki Foundation, StreetArt Toronto,…
Butterfly Laneway 2019 Garage Door Murals Another butterfly mural collection from Nick Sweetman’s Laneway Project for David Suzuki Foundation. I will post some more of these but as I explained earlier there were a lot of murals. Generally, these projects…
Butterfly Laneway 2019 Mural Project Back on June 21st the 3rd annual Butterfly Laneway Mural Project took place. Nick Sweetman has been organizing them since 2017. He also paints a mural himself. It’s a lot of work ! He has…
KJ Bit Laneway Garage Door Mural Jam Over 30 artists were participating this year. The weather wasn’t the best but that didn’t dampen the mood. I popped by a couple of times to see the ongoing progress. Some of the…
Urban Exploration September 2019 Some recent finds from the last few days. Mural season was really busy this summer so I am catching up with everything. I still have more to check out.. but here we go Blinc Studios Dragon…
August 2019 Urban Exploration Street Art Some finds from the last couple of weeks. Liberty Village Mural Project I’ve been following this project for the last couple of weeks. It’s all hand painted and airbrush. This is a private project…
Elicser Elliott Art Show I should have posted this earlier.. but the show is on until August 25th at Hashtag Gallery. Here is the blurb about his show: “The objective of Eliscer’s newest work, “Phone It In” plays with the…
Nick Sweetman & Philipe Cote Mural I checked this out by Nick Sweetman and Philipe Cote just a day before the ribbon cutting ceremony. It’s really stunning to see in person. When people say “the picture really doesn’t do it…
“The Band of Storytellers” by Komi Olaf @komiolaf & Kalkidan Assefa @drippin_soul I took this picture awhile back ..but I wanted to know more about it before I posted it.. so I am going to copy this information right from…
Big On Bloor Festival From the last weekend in July – which was very hot BTW !! I checked out the Big On Bloor Festival. According to their website: “Organized by BIG (Bloor Improvement Group), the Festival is a summer…
Ossington Avenue Murals There’s some amazing new murals all along Ossington Avenue that were just done this past week. Some of the artists from Secret Walls did some of the artwork near 146 Ossington Ave. 146 Ossington used to be…
