An estimated 30,000-people turned for the event, which features the work of local artists.
There were more paintings displayed than trees along Fairfield’s Moss Street on Saturday as crowds gathered for the annual TD Art Gallery Paint-In.
“I have anywhere from three to 15 layers of paint in one area. It’s a very time-consuming process I taught myself,” she said. “When you look at them online, it’s like a little postage stamp,” she said. “It’s a whole different experience and whole different reaction to the work when they’re seeing what it really is.”
Every year, the swell of pedestrian traffic inspires some neighbourhood residents to add to the hubbub with garage sales, busking, and pop-up lemonade stands manned by youths hoping to raise funds for one cause or another.One such guerilla artist was Paul “Poly” Tanner, who had set up a table of handmade tiki mugs in front of his mother’s home on Moss Street to coincide with the event.
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