Variety Store, Toronto, Canada
This is a painting of a variety store on Queen Street East near Parliament Street in Toronto. This part of the city, known as Moss Park, is a bit scruffy and has so far escaped most of the gentrification and frantic condo building that has rendered nearby areas nearly unrecognizable over the past two decades. These homes and small shops still retain the traditional Toronto character of two and three-story Victorian brick buildings with dormer windows.