Islington's Outdoor Art Gallery

Islington's outdoor gallery in Etobicoke is one of the premier spots in Toronto for art lovers and mural hunters. Nearly a kilometer-long stretch of Dundas St W, from the Islington Ave to Kipling Ave, is studded with huge building size murals. This high-quality photo-realistic art portrays the history of the area and recounts the tales of previous generations. The majority of these murals were created by John Kuna during the past fifteen years. 

Here is an index of all these murals that I covered during the previous month.

1- Everyone Everywhere (Dundas St At Islington Ave)
2- Welcome Mural (Islington Ave & Dundas St W)
3- Golfing in Islington (4868 Dundas St W)
4- Aftermath (4868 Dundas St W)

5- Portraits From The Past (4884 Dundas St W)
6- Battersby's March (4914 Dundas St W)
7 & 8-The Pub With No Beer And Gordon's Diary (4946 & 4968 Dundas St W respectively)

9- Ordinary Folks, Extraordinary Lives (4970 Dundas St W)

10 & 11- The Way We Were 1900 & 1912 (4972 & 4984 Dundas St W respectively)

12- Mimico Creek 1920 (4986 Dundas St W)

13- Islington's Volunteer Fire Brigade (4988 Dundas St W)

14- Ontario Gothic (4990 Dundas St W)

15- Shipp's First High Flier  (4994 Dundas St W)

16- Prodigy (5048 Dundas St W)

17- Butterflies are free (5090 Dundas St W)

18- Fishing in Mimico Creek (5096 Dundas St W)

19- Riding the Radials (5110 Dundas St W)

20- Toboggan Hill (5112 Dundas St W)

21- The Old Swimming Hole (5126 Dundas St W)

22- Flight of the Passenger Pigeon (5101 Dundas St W)

23- Timeline: Islington Then And Now (4959 Dundas St W)

24- Gone But Not Forgotten (4937 Dundas St W)

25- Faces of Islington (4909 Dundas St W)

26- Faith of Our Fathers (4901 Dundas St W)

27- Article 13 (4889 Dundas St W)

28- The Manse Committee (4879 Dundas St W)

Peace comes from within

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without"  (Siddhartha Gautama Buddha)

Fall Colors Around Dentonia Park

Fall colors in and around Dentonia Park in East York.

Few Neighborly Ghosts and Other Creatures

Halloween preparations in the neighborhood.

Colors of Fall

Colors of fall around the Spadina Museum.

Spadina House Through Seasons

Spadina Historic House on March 31, June 11 and October 26, 2019, respectively.

Nuit Blanche at Spadina

Remnants of a temporary art installation at Spadina Gardens from the 'Nuit Blanche' held on October 5, 2019.

Nuit Blanche (White Night in French) is an annual contemporary art event in which Toronto's art community completes various projects in one night from dusk to dawn. 

This year around 90 such projects were completed throughout the city. The full installation at Spadina Gardens included a large number of illuminated orbs made from recycled plastic bottles. The artwork named 'Plastiche Gardens' was created by OnePath Collective.