Category Archives: ottawa graffiti

human

people of ottawa

you  have NEVER disappointed me

chinatown re-mixed was a total blast!

deeply awesome

i made many wonderful connections and had fun with the over two hundred people who stopped to play my games

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my many thanks and congratulations to the people of re-mixed!  you are a stellar community putting together a smashing event!

i am now working on a way to display them for nuit blanche ottawa gatineau 2014

each one is special

together they are powerful

thank you all!

xxo

heARTbeatgal


chinatown remixed

early morning CKCU interview…

good for a laugh

i never know what is going to come flying out of my mouth!

 

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hope to see folks out tomorrow for chinatown re-mixed

i plan on all day fun!

excited

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mots

first batch received from local elementary school Francojeunesse!

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Merci à toutes et à tous!

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#CTRemixed

countdown is on

crossing your fingers and toes for a beautiful next saturday

my people are taking to the streets (just one street really) in the name of art and community!

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come out and play!

i want to know ‘what makes you human?’

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i will have a tent set up on the corner of Bronson and Sommerset, right next to a mailbox!

rain or shine i plan on FUN!

heARTbeatgal


nostalgia for business

nostalgia for business

 

‘nostalgia for business’   oil & collage   9″x12″

 

found rare time for some collage

a complicated colourful little homage to Landsdown

makes me smile about an otherwise unfortunate situation

i cannot possibly condone the goings on of the current developers

it will forever be sacred ground for me

i witnessed Miss Jackson’s (…cause i’m nasty) Rhythm Nation tour august 21, 1990

i also remember fondly sitting shotgun as a little girl while my dad did doughnuts in the large empty snow dusted parking lot some cold ottawa winter night in the ’80s

good times

…now i look forward to the fond memories  i am going to make at ‘whole foods’

heARTbeatgal

 


babes

out of the mouths of…

the first three of an onslaught of responses received from children

what joy!

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this first one either says ‘mom’ or it is a sun with two birds …and a whole bunch of other great stuff!

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my friends KEEP me human

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shoes! of course! yes!

horseshoes don’t count, and while quite possibly useful, those little dog booties i see about town are too undignified to acknowledge

 

my thanks to the kiddies who, without any surprise, find light and positivity

stay tuned…there are many more kids to weigh in

 

heARTbeatgal

 


hi there!

this is actually the very first ‘what makes you human?’ postcard to have arrived some weeks ago

it came close from home

 

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communication is not reserved for humans alone

 

…miscommunication

leaving a creative mark

recorded history

testing (…abusing perhaps these days) the boundaries of communication

having an opinion

taking a stand

this is human

 

and it all starts with a ‘hi there!’

heARTbeatgal

 


barking mad

i was completely taken with the trees in south america

true, i am easily charmed by trees of any sort

the bark was remarkable!

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heARTbeatgal


los buenos aires

buenos aires comes by its name honestly

a charming, breezy, melange of architecture and trees

covered in graffiti!

it is legal there

woot woot! i had a blast

what should not be legal are the portions of beef they serve. EVERYWHERE!

(tasty though!)

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of particular note was the collection of contemporary latin american art at MALBA

political, vibrant, intriguing, humourous, alive. good stuff.

the antiques in san telmo were another joy

a year could be spent sorting through them. fun.

porteños are a friendly big-city bunch if you engage them a little

black and yellow taxis dot the city like confetti

often, a certain type of argentine gentleman was at the wheel, willing to impart some interesting insight

a toast of fernet branca to my lovely time spent in BA! salud!

muchas gracias argentina!

hasta la próxima!

heARTbeatgal


uruguay natural

i had the very good fortune to spend some time discovering uruguay

i was charmed by its nature

relaxed and friendly

intensely green

with the most handsome livestock

driving the highways felt like an ad for the car i was in

beautiful beaches for days

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my time was gentle and excellent

met some truly amazing people

my many thanks to Pueblo Eden, Punto del Diablo and Colonia

uruguay…until we meet again

heARTbeatgal

p.s. stay tuned for my snaps of Buenos Aires! besos.