Graffiti artist Angel Carrillo creates beautiful art of what was a run-down Long Branch laneway.
Well-known Long Branch graffiti artist Angel Carrillo and other volunteers have been beautifying some of our decrepit laneways with beautiful murals for about 10 years.
Carillo with about six volunteers spent two days in early August painting large colourful murals to beautify a laneway at 3371 Lake Shore Blvd. W., near Thirtieth Street.
“We are introducing the next generation of artists to the community,” he said. “We are all volunteers and we are giving back to the community.”
Carillo’s works by day as a tattoo artist at Southside Ink, which is across the street from the laneway.
He and his group of painters have painted a number of large murals in the community.
Muralist Julia loves painting and bringing art to the people.
The team had to first clean up the wall and then apply primer, before the more than 100 cans of paint are applied.
The group use their own funds to purchase the cans of paint, primer and other material, in addition to the many hours required for the painstaking work.
Today muralist Julia is one of the artists helping out with the work.
Laneway mural by local group of volunteers.
“It is a big honour to bring my art to the people,” she said. “I love art and paint every day.”
Her works appear in a number of venues in the city, like Coronation and Woodbine Parks. She recently returned from a female graffiti artists convention in Mexico City.