Just south of St. Clair West, Runnymede Road runs under the CP train tracks.   In the summer of 2017 the wall on the west side of the underpass a mural was painted by Christopher Ross (aka GAWD).  It is a collection of animals, mostly in shades of pink and blue – dragonfly, pigs, birds, and more.   Most of the animals are in pairs.

part of a mural by Christopher Ross on an underpass wall in pinks and blues, a dragonfly

mural on a wall, two fat pink pigs snout to snout

part of a mural by Christopher Ross on an underpass wall in pinks and blues, a pink bird

part of a mural, two bird heads in orange and brown tones

part of a mural by Christopher Ross on an underpass wall in pinks and blues, a blue animal and a pink animal

part of a mural by Christopher Ross on an underpass wall in pinks and blues, a large blue bear

part of a mural by Christopher Ross on an underpass wall in pinks and blues, the end piece of the mural, mushrooms

At one end of the mural, this little engine sits on a tree stump.

part of a mural by gawd, a little railway engine sits on a tree stump

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  1. Jason Gardiner's avatar Jason Gardiner says:

    First of all, the lighting in these pictures wasn’t really what the mural looked like, in real life it is much greyer and dull looking.

    I remember talking to the artist, who honestly seemed like he was up to something and sketchy, and when it was done I realized it was some ugly dystopian ‘protest’ art about how we took the animal’s habitat or something. It wasn’t meant to look nice.

    Glad it was painted over.

    • Mary C's avatar Mary C says:

      Thanks for letting me know that it was painted over! I haven’t been back to that area of the city in a while.

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