Molson Brewery demolition and heavy metal

Approaching the Molson Brewery along Notre Dame street and half of it was surrounded by a tall boarded up construction fence. Finding an entrance gate to look through the fence, I got this neat view of the west side of the brewery completely razed, with a rare view of the river in the background. Aside from being a painting of opportunity, the composition also worked out really well, and I was enjoying painting the blue sky for once. It may look bland in places, but there are about half a dozen different shades of grey in this painting. Okay, it looks bland in places, but hey its a demolition site.

Brewery demo west side, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2025

A short road, actually Papineau, runs part way through the center of the brewery. With chunks of the building missing now, the sun was pouring onto the sidewalk where I painted. One hazard of a demolition is heavy metal. In fact, there was a lot of it here... but not that kind! Loud heavy metal music was playing, like black Sabbath style grunting and yelling live inside of the building behind me. I guess a band had rented it out to practice since they were just playing bits and pieces of their songs, if you could call them songs. I think somebody was killing kittens in there. Just kidding, it was like a dog-monster vomiting into a toilette with loud guitars and drums. Kind of catchy.

Brewery demo center,watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2025