Mysterious graffiti

Some graffiti artist put a big tag on the wall behind Harvey's on Bronson.

Another graffiti artist, with perhaps less artistic style, but clearer penmanship, asks a question that I share.

What does it say? My best guess, using the graffiti font at fontspace is "PES GESH".

Anyone have a better guess?

Honesty is the Best Poetry

I was in Toronto last weekend and sppent an hour graffitti shopping on Sunday. Made a bunch of stitched photos using MS ICE.

The stitched photos and others are up on Flickr and here's a widget from closr that lets you pan around in one of the panoramas.

Rainy Day at the Skatepark

Once again, someone's misfortune has allowed me to get pictures that I like. This time I got to take photos of the skatepark from inside. I never go inside when the weather is good because the skaters are zipping around and while I'm sure they would avoid me, I don't think they would consider it cool for some old guy to be wandering up and down their ramps taking photos when they could be zipping through the space I occupy.

I wonder if someone was trying stunts with this trike. If so, is that how it lost a wheel? Or were they trying the stunts with a broken trike. I'm guessing it didn't work out, else they wouldn't have left it behind.

More photos of the park in the rain at Flickr.

Graffitti that bugs me

Lebreton Station WB 002 Originally uploaded by Dave Scrimshaw.

There is graffitti on the canal wall behind the westbound bus stop at Lebreton Station. Someone took the trouble to climb a fence, go down into the canal and paint the words "hue suck" in metre high white letters with black outlining. I suppose it is possible that the artist is making a statement against colours. They used white paint. Still it seems almost certain that it is intended to be a punnish insult to everyone who reads it. If I ever get the energy and nerve to go somewhere I'm not allowed to go, wade around in possibly polluted water, and paint seven very large letters, I hope that I will come up with something better to write.

Something New in Graffitti

Couch Graffitti 001

This chesterfield cushion was placed at the corner of Bronson and Slater. Next to the field that has the big legal graffitti wall. I'd been wondering what good-citizen taggers do when the legal graffitti wall is full. They wouldn't want to cover up another artist's work, and they wouldn't want to paint on a surface where it's not legal. Here is the answer. On garbage days, there are discarded sofas on every second block at this time of year. I bet the upholstery is almost as easy to paint on as canvas.

Spanish Graffiti: Malaga

With the beginning of the new month, I was able to upload more photos to my Flickr Account.

If you'd like to see my pictures of graffiti from Malaga, click the picture.