A mural of two swans grace the side of Oak Learners Lakeshore Campus, on Royal York Road.
The newest mural that is part of a City mural and street art program has beautified a strip of Mimico and residents love it.
The mural by artist Kayla Buium is getting good reviews from area residents after being completed at the side of Oak Learners Lakeshore Campus, at 394 Royal York Road.
“Our Mimico BIA’S (Business Improvement Association) has been working with Kayla for a few years now,” the BIA said. “You’ve probably seen some of the sidewalk decals that we’ve installed, or the Mimico map on display at our Mimico markets.”
The digital mural of two swans was unveiled on October 28.
The two swans by Montreal artist Kayla Buium was unveled October 28.
Buium said she struggles with executive dysfunction on a daily basis and ’it has been a huge challenge for me my entire life.’
“The two swans represent different parts of me, the side that struggled with dysfunction and the side that manages it, they co-exist in a complicated way but they work,” she said on social media.
She did not want her artwork to be negative saying ‘this mural is about having all the competing thoughts and trying to balance it all.’
”This mural is about accepting everything that we are and choosing to live positively with it, and it may look weird, my accommodations may seem odd, but I’m embracing it,” the artist wrote.
Artist Kayla Buium.
She describes herself as a Montreal-based muralist and illustrator who creates surreal narratives about femmehood.
“My work focuses on exploring themes of identity, sexuality, mental health and self-love while featuring animals and nature,” according to her website.
The mural was made possible with funds from the City of Toronto Mural and Street Art Program, Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA) and Mimico BIA.