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











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