… is an all that is north of Bloor, between Christie and Bathurst. Recently a group of artists painted quite a few of the garage doors here. “Flight of the Winged Ones” was the theme of this Laneway Mural Jam and it was dedicated to the memory of Miriam Garfinkle. The following photos are the murals that can now be seen in this lane – in no particular order.
below: This is Adrian Hayles‘ contribution to the project. Miriam Garfinkle (1954–2018) lived on Barton Avenue, in a house which backs onto this laneway, from 2000 to 2018. She lived and worked in this community for most of her life.
below: Sebas Perez Vicentini painted this colourful mural with two long necked birds.
below: A photographer takes pictures of birds and owls in a mural by April Grace and [sorry but I couldn’t read the name].
below: “Flight of the Winged Ones” title mural.
below: Birch trees by the water by Joe Rich
below: Julia Harper’s thunderbird of the heavens
below: An archer concentrating hard on her red bow and arrow, by Hyunsun Park
below: Chickadees by Nick Sweetman [This is actually an artwork from a few years ago].
below: Gimun Ryu – A woman and her birds.
below: A very stylized graphic-like rendition of birds at a cluster of bird feeders by Gust of Wind Studio (aka Mateusz Napieralski)
below: Garages between Clinton and Manning Streets,
below: EGR‘s angel with a butterfly
below: ‘Kaktukopunjej’ by Veronica Orozco, in memory of Layton Stevens.
below: BJR, aka Bradley Reinhardt with a lively collection of birds in a tree – blue jay, robin, owl, cardinal, and more. A smiling grey bear and a fox are under the tree and Canada Geese are flying by. A green snake lurks under the tree.
below: A blue Owl and a cardinal (with its foot in the door handle).
below: Ohlordyitsjulia aka Julia Louise Pereira chose a nighttime scene of blue birds flying over rooftops in the city.
below: The large orange bird (Phoenix?) was painted by Esky.
below: Scofy Wallz, nature in the city.
below: Faces among the hummingbirds and bright flowers, by Cocreation Art (aka Danielle Hyde).
below: More birds! Painting by Shoreland Arts, (aka Thelia Shelton).
below: A closer look at the birds perched on blue branches.
below: A fawn prances through the night sky, a nighttime apparition among the stars.
below: A whimsical look at a fat striped caterpillar who in turn is looking at the butterflies as they flit among the milkweed and goldenrod…. by Anderkaya (aka Sarah Whang).
below: A slightly creepy winged insect that resembles a tiger face… with many eyes! As you can see, the artist was Shalak (aka Shalak Attack)
below: The chickadees are breaking free! … by Murals by Marg,
below: Talie Shalmon painted a red wing blackbird and her nest of 3 blue eggs.
below: A pair of indigenous art style birds.
below: A big bee checks out a few flowers
below: Cedar Eve, strawberries, blueberries and a couple of strange faces.
below: A very large bat flying over the garden, by Trina Moyan
below: The purple painting on the right was the contribution of nshtsh (aka Nishina)
below: A cedar waxwing and a butterfly, by Miguel Albino.
below: mmm
With apologies to the artists whose names I didn’t know.
