Everywhere I stopped, the world was burning. I hate that 'smokey sky' has become part of my art repertoire, its a few years running now that Montreal has been enveloped in haze from massive Canadian forest fires. And the irony was that today I painted pictures of both the cause and the effect. Here we see more towering cranes erecting condominium buildings near the glen yard hospital, framing the tangerine sun that was nearly set. Rows of cars are parked underneath.
Tangerine sun cranes, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, June 2025
Looking west the sky had an eerie pastel glow while the horizon line, filing up with more condominium developments was enshrouded in forest fire smoke. Cars roared by the major highway 720 underneath, running parallel to huge warehouses and industry.
Pastel sky forest smoke, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, June 2025
This one was done first, the sun was still beginning its decent into the haze. Under the overpass, the Girouard street connected to Decarie, cars constantly streamed by producing a noxious fume that combined with the smoke. The forest fires might seem far away but the cause, fossil fuel burning, is right under our noses.
Sun descending into haze, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, June 2025
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