One of the challenges I set for myself this year was to master reflections and transparencies. The painting of three busses did a good job of it, and I used some of those lessons to capture the reflections in the side windows of this large construction vehicle sitting on Dorchester blvd in Westmount. The whole section of road was closed off to traffic, and as usual, there were no construction people working. I started with an outline of the vehicle, then painted the sun-highlight and tint on the window area. Then I completed most of the vehicle and background before doing the overlays on the window. There was a shrubbery in the background going across and the interior of the cab showing as transparencies, and the row of 19th century housing that was behind me was reflecting. The message here is to juxtapose the demolition vehicles with the image of the housing which is probably doomed to re-development. The Westmount re-development was controversial project, and I guess we will see how it turns out in the end, and make some more paintings of the neighborhood.
Construction reflections, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, September 2025
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