It was a cool and clear fall day here in Montreal, perfect for a bike ride down to Dieppe park where you get fantastic views of the Jacques Cartier bridge. Quite a few people were fishing down below, not sure what they were going to catch but it seems there were over a dozen people. The river flows from the right with a lot of turbulence, while on the left it has a calm and steady flow. The middle was just a sort of abstraction of what I saw in the swirling foamy water.
Cartier bridge fisherpeople, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, October 2024
I painted a similar scene but without the people fishing. It was the first one of the day and I was feeling unwell. Where there are waves, the water took on a brownish tone, probably from the river bottom showing through. It must be really mucky down there.
Cartier bridge flow, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, October 2024
This is a view of the Concorde bridge seen through the trees, it connect Dieppe park area to st Helen's island. In the foreground you see part of the old viewing platform, it looks to be circa 1960 with the brown concrete walls with horizontal grooves, it was popular back then. The leaves are all turning various shades of yellow and orange.
Concorde bridge through trees, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, October 2024
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