Lately, I have been working in Montreal east, and by working I mean painting watercolours (working for me usually involves sitting in a cramped all-grey office without any windows). In this scene, I was on the way back from Hochelaga neighborhood and caugh a view of the Jacques Cartier bridge in the distance with some colourful fences and stroage areas behind the Hydro Quebec building. There was a wide gravel path here, and Notre Dame avenue immediately to my left which was rather noisy. Its interesting that graffiti artists (writers) put their name and artwork on the city, literally, whereas I pull images off the city and onto paper. But its the same idea. The late writer Scan got his name because he would constantly 'scan' the city looking for places to put graffiti. I constantly scan the city looking for scenes to paint like this one.
Sundown Jacques Cartier bridge, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, October 2025
The old Molson's factory is slowly being demolished. Its bright red signage is still visible from Notre Dame avenue, although grey lines are showing up in the letters where the bulbs have burned out. Soon enough the whole structure will be razed and replaced with an affodable housing and community project.
Molson Factory last light, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, October 2025
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