Désiré Betty Designs

PERPETUAL FREEDOM ART

Original Works of Art

PAINTINGS

 

PUBLIC ART

Perpetual Freedom

My contribution to the large-scale mural project entitled "The Future Without Oppression".

My mural - is alongside several murals by femme artists which span Baldwin Street in its entirety. Thank you to Serena Purdy, Curtia Wright & Jai Smith as well as @start_streetarttoronto and Friends of Kensington Market for facilitating, organizing and reaching out to me to partake in this wonderful event. I'm happy to have been a part of beautifying a lively community like Kensington Market!!! Thank you to Brennan Wisdom-James for capturing this cool aerial shot!

August 2021

Musical Healing

My piece entitled “Musical Healing” is inspired by the undying magic of music and its good vibrations – it heals the soul in so many ways.

Commissioned to complete a planter mural in Kensington Market, Toronto by the Kensington Market BIA. Thank you for the opportunity to beautify the community and get an early start on the public art season!

Location: 165 Augusta Avenue, Toronto, Ontario [Augusta and Spadina]

*All public art is a somewhat temporary art form due to its consistent exposure to the elements, but gratifying nonetheless, as it reaches a larger audience and beautifies communities!

May 2022

Magical Essence of Water

As part of #ArtworxTO - WATERMARKED is an experimental mural project commissioned by Mural Routes for the Port Union Village Common Park in Toronto [Scarborough]. Rain Activated Paint was used in this design with elements that will only appear when it rains.

July 2022

Mural Facilitator and Muralist for the 3rd Annual Mural on Baldwin Street, in response to the theme “The Future without Oppression”, Kensington Market, Facilitated by StreetARToronto, Friends of Kensington Market [Facilitators: Serena Purdy, Curtia Wright & Jai Smith], Toronto. Aerial footage captured by Denizen Pictures.

August 2022

In Contemplation

Performer – Live Painting of Mural “In Contemplation”, as part of 2022 Toronto International Busker Fest for Epilepsy, Woodbine Park, Toronto.

September 2022

Starlight

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) “3rd Annual Festival Street” Live Mural Painting “Starlight” in response to the theme “Toronto is the Star”, as part of #StARTatTIFF “Art Walk” Activation, commissioned by Surface Art, StreetARToronto, TIFF, Toronto

September 2022

Empowered Energy

Artwork created for the Exclusively Inclusive ArtsMilton project. Traffic signal box is located at Arts and Main [Milton Leisure Centre] in Milton.

Traffic Signal Box photos c/o ArtsMilton.

October 2022

 

 

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The Gift

Youthfulness is a gift,

Bestowed upon us.

We take it.

Squander it.

And only embrace it,

When we feel we are losing it.

Time waits for no one,

It flies beyond measure.

Before long, society claims,

Your youthfulness has passed.

No longer naive,

Innocent and pure.

Tainted by the hardships of life,

And its disappointments.

Affecting,

Your heart,

Your views,

And your inner self.

Your care free existence,

Plagued,

By the pressures of adulthood.

Forgetting who you are,

And embarking on the journey,

Of the person you have become.

Pause.

Reflect.

Rewind.

Find yourself.

The child inside,

Come full circle,

Accept the path,

Acknowledge,

The prospect of growing old,

Without losing,

The youthfulness,

That resides inside.

Master the ability,

To invoke the gift,

Bestowed upon you.

- Désiré P. Betty

*Published in the ArtAscent - Art & Literary Journal #32 - August 2018

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Hide and Seek

We all strive for ultimate happiness,

But what is it truly?

Often you feel as though

You are playing hide and seek.

Seek and you shall find,

Happiness.

You close your eyes and wish for more

But you fail to realize

You truly are…

Happy.

Living in the present,

As opposed to the past or the future,

And looking inwardly,

Without outwardly comparisons,

Is imperative.

When you truly begin

To navigate yourself through life,

With internal happiness,

You no longer have to seek it.

Happiness will be yours

To keep.

- Désiré P. Betty

*Published in ArtAscent - Art & Literary Journal - #30 - April 2018

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Lost Without You

Lost,

Is what I will be,

When I lose those who created me.

My Mother,

My Father,

Who will I be?

Lost without you,

To guide me through.

Lost without you,

To make it through.

I hope to be strong,

As you taught me to be.

I will carry on,

As you would want me to.

Life without you,

Irreparable broken heart,

Reliving the good times shared.

Life lessons will remain,

And in that vein,

I will maintain,

Your legacy.

- Désiré P. Betty

*Published in the ArtAscent - Art & Literary Journal - #27 - October 2017