Edmonton street art collection #2: Rust Magic international street art festival part 2 - 2019 - OneQ

Hey steemies!

2019 was the Rust Magic's fourth year of painting vibrant walls across our city with over 50 walls hidden within the heart of our city painted by various local and international artists over the years. The festival has started gaining attention, every year welcomes more artists and building owners offering their walls to paint as the once underground art form is punching it's way mainstream. The idea is to offer and promote public art and free expression in a non-destructive way while bringing a city together and show our true colors and culture one wall at a time.

Shot 1/320 sec. f/5.3 65 mm, ISO 400

One of the highlights of this year's festival and probably first on my list to find was this mysterious sexy mermaid eating a cucumber painted by Japanese Artist OneQ. First of all, Purple/ turquoise/blue color scheme has always been my favorite, huge points for that! OneQ is known for her sultry modern pin-ups with luscious lips and enhanced feminine features & curves influenced by Japanese and American comics. Our great lady and her sexy mermaids will also be part of the Vancouver landscape in her 2019 appearance in the local mural festival as her second Canadian stop of her tour.

https://www.facebook.com/oneq.pinup/

https://www.instagram.com/negiyakisoba/?hl=en

https://beautifulbizarre.net/2016/02/04/exclusive-interview-with-oneq/

Shot 1/500 sec. f/6.3 200 mm, ISO 800

1/500 sec. f/6.3 200 mm, ISO 800

I tried looking on information about the artist but very limited in what I was able to find aside from the interview linked above. Perhaps a rising star in the making? At least for North America? The rest of her art is worth checking out and prints of her work can be found for sale on various online pages. Mermaid eating a cucumber can be found in our downtown's ice district (The home of the Oilers and Roger's place) near 103 ave and 105 st. She covers the entire side of a mostly 1 story building with part of her hair being on the smaller second story only occupying part of the building. It was a little awkward to photograph as a whole so I broke it up into sections and close ups, I didn't want to miss any of the details in the masterpiece.

Shot 1/125 sec. f/5.6 40 mm, ISO 220

Of course as soon as this was ready for the viewing, both @silvergingerman and I were drooling over the mermaid and made a point to go look for it on our way back from the downtown area even if that was the only one we could find. We had our chance to take pictures of it while it's super fresh and only a few days old, dirt didn't even have time to touch it yet! Turns out walk around the buildings in that entire block and there is a treasure trove of hidden gems by other famous artists from this year or past year of Rust Magic's appearance I will cover in the near future. If you find yourself in our downtown core and want some photography fun, killer selfies or just admire art, check it out. I plan on going back with my crystal ball, I kinda rushed it to get a look at the other walls and it as beginning to rain and all the drops were messing with my crystal view. Here is the rest of her hair in the picture below, looks like she saved food for later in her luscious hair!

Shot 1/125 sec. f/5.6 18 mm, ISO 200

Shot 1/125 sec. f/5.6 34 mm, ISO 220

Thank you OneQ for visiting our city with your mermaids and visual explosions of sexy, come back to Edmonton and paint any time!

Cheers my friends! X🐞X