I was somewhere east of the Cartier bridge along Notre Dame street when I came across a small field full of wild daisies, with an unobstructed view of the river and bridge. Up to this point, large orange container-train cars, fences, and some kind of festival installment blocked the view. The traffic behind me was kind of noisy, but you wouldn't know it from this fantastic scene. Its like Monet showed up and painted the Cartier bridge!
Wild daisies Cartier bridge, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, June 2025
In this unique composition, the Cartier bridge is seen directly overhead, with the boxy green steel supports underneath. Its a north view, so that's where the bridge slopes down into Montreal. The bridge is an inverted triangle stretching from top almost to bottom, while the steel supports are squares. Since the sun was over my left shoulder, the shadow of the bridge fell to the right.
Bridge composition, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, June 2025
In a nearby parking lot, someone was storing their winter tires? Three were in white bags, one was open, at least I hope those bags had tires in them I didn't check them out. This is one of those scenes that only Darlington would paint... I have to keep up my brand of being 'Monet of the parking lot' after all.
Tires in parking lot, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, June 2025
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