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wall compositions

Posted: November 19, 2015 in abstract
Tags: brick, colours, corrugated, doors, exterior, faded, Ford logo, glass, metal, mosaic, old, paint, panes, red, texture, tiles, walls, windows, wires, wood
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Walls are fascinating.   They are made of different materials each with its own texture.  Some walls have windows or doors of varying sizes and shapes.  People put things on walls.    Walls have colour, shape, texture, line, tone and sometimes text.  In other words, all the visual elements of design are there to be discovered.   The following are just a few that I have seen this summer.

 

part of two old rusty and messy red doors on an old white building. There is a chain between the doors. The door on the right has the words No Parking stencilled onto it.

close up of part of the exterior wall of the Rex Hotel on Queen Street West, black and blue mosaic triangles on a grey wall. A small window is in the picture with neon lights with ad for Amsterdam brewery

plain grey wall with a copper wire running up it

A green wall with a window taken on a sunny day when the shadows are strong. Window has brick window frame and white window sill

red brick wall, side of a house, with a loarge blue and white Ford logo on it.

An old corrugated metal building with a window insert that has been filled in except for a small vent.

abstract composition of wood panelling, glass panes and painted wall

A broken vinyl covered chainlink fence in front of a red wall that is part concrete block and part wood

abstract composition of garages, garage door, gates and fence.

close up shot, taken looking up the wall of a skyscraper, looks like rungs of a ladder in metal on concrete

An old wood that was painted green but the paint is faded. Someone has made a face with two large X's for eyes and a squiggly line for a mouth, all lines in pink

part of a wall, red brick on the bottom, maroon coloured metal sheeting on the top and 4 dirty and broken panes of glass in the center

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  1. icelandpenny's avatar icelandpenny says:
    November 20, 2015 at 1:21 pm

    a fine collection, I like your eye

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  2. Aidan's avatar Aidan says:
    February 17, 2016 at 9:19 pm

    Where is that perfect key-lime green wall?!

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    • Mary C's avatar Mary C says:
      February 17, 2016 at 11:42 pm

      In a park in the east end. Greenwood? South of the Danforth for sure. If not Greenwood, then nearby.

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      • Aidan's avatar Aidan says:
        February 18, 2016 at 3:42 am

        Thanks!

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    June 28, 2017 at 6:38 pm

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    March 20, 2021 at 7:29 pm

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