02 Sunday Mar 2014
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One of the downtown Metro Rail stations in Los Angeles has figurines strung from the ceiling, as if they were sky-diving. Neat effect … once you’ve noticed them, that is!
22 Saturday Feb 2014
Posted in art, New York, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
21 Friday Feb 2014
Posted in art, Paris, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
19 Wednesday Feb 2014
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This is part of the newer wing at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
14 Friday Feb 2014
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Spotted this on a utility box in the old quarter of San Diego, back in the fall.
13 Thursday Feb 2014
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No mistaking where you are when you see this building.
12 Wednesday Feb 2014
Posted in art, Calgary, photography, random, Travel
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One of the many pieces of art to adorn the public spaces at Calgary International Airport.
Art is everywhere … and it’s not all western/cowboy themed.
There a life-size rock climber overlooking the main public lounge, a huge horse sculpture near the customs exit, aircraft hanging over one of the departure terminal, metallic etchings and carvings amid the floor tiles.
Every time I fly or pick someone up, I try to find something new, a little visual adventure to pass the time.
11 Tuesday Feb 2014
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This lovely shadow is cast from a sculpture called Venus Victorious by Renoir and Guino, displayed at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
10 Monday Feb 2014
Posted in art, Calgary, fun, photography, photowalking, random, urban
Today, we revisit a post from last fall, Things you find in alleys.
Since I first snapped a photo of this mural, tucked away in a narrow alley in Calgary’s Kensington neighbourhood, I notice it’s been altered. Sometime near the holidays, I presume, someone added Christmas trees and decorations to all the windows. And this kitty had has grown some a pair of eyes … right where they shouldn’t be!
06 Thursday Feb 2014
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On every visit back to Montreal, the place where I grew up, I take great pleasure in just walking around, looking for all kinds of stickers and posters placed by street artists.
The truly gifted creators will have made something that rises above the morass of vandals’ visual cacophony — something worthy of permanently adorning the backside of street signs, the faces of traffic light control boxes, lamp posts, bollards, parking meters, bike stands and more.
Indeed, Montreal is full of unremarkable, annoying stickers and posters … but there are so many gems, too.
Here are some of my favourites.
Ricky Leong 