Face in an Alley

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Art • Tagged alley, brick, graffiti, London, Ontario, paint, photography, robot, urban art • 3 Comments

Some eye-catching art work on brick.

Last Supper Downtown

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in London • Tagged alley, art, graffiti, hydro pole, Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci, photography, picture, religious, statement, urban landscape • 2 Comments

I came across this rather unusual addition to a graffiti-filled back alley in downtown London and thought I would save it to post for Easter, almost forgot!

Urban Inspiration

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Art • Tagged alley, buildings, Escher-inspired, gravel, London, Ontario, photography, puddle, reflection, shadow • 10 Comments

Call me crazy but the reflection in this back alley mud puddle with the overhead shadow of a fire escape seemingly coming out of the stairway reflection straight ahead reminds of M. C. Escher’s mathematical art work. Imagine the look if someone saw me taking photos of a mud puddle!

Back Alley Blues

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Graffiti • Tagged alley, blue, brick, downtown, graffiti, London, photography • 16 Comments

While downtown the other day, I thought to find again some graffiti I photographed a while ago which had an inspiring quote. It seems that it has been completely removed so I will have to dig out and post the image I have. It appears that London has done a remove and paint over campaign on much of the back alley graffiti. This colourful piece of a remaining wall caught my eye with the sun streaming across it on a diagonal.