OCAD STUDENT HAS BEEN A STREET PAINTER SINCE HE WAS 12

 Looking for Niles on the Streets of Toronto



We seek him here We seek him there; we look for Niles the Artist everywhere!
Actually, this past weekend we caught up with Niles the Artist at the St Lawrence Market painting on a street corner that usually is a favourite hang-out favoured by panhandlers. While he has been yelled at a few times by people who want to beg where he has set up his tripod, paints, canvas, he has been accepted by the thousands who come to them Market on Saturday mornings.
“This is a friendly corner for the most part” Niles the Artist (aka Niles the Painter) told the Caribbean Camera. “But I did get my speaker stolen.”
He has gained some fame from the media when he has set up his kit and painted in a moving subway train, Yorkville, , Kensington Market and , High Park
“I have been painting on the streets of Toronto since I was 12. I sold my first painting at Yonge and Dundas Square. “said Niles. “I have settled lately here at the market.”
The 18-year-old artist is Sudanese Canadian and is now studying at OCAD. He admits he is unconventional and a bit of a bohemian, but no worries, he is very approachable and loves to talk about his paintings of the streets, the buildings, and the people of Toronto.
Pictured above. My article in today's Caribbean Camera. Picture on the right is from the artist's Instagram page. Picture on the left is mine taken at the Market too

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