As I paint on the backs of old paintings, I am taking the opportunity to scan and blog about the old paintings done from around the year 2000. For this painting, done on Highway 50 in Bolton, I drove out to an old disused farm and painted a car seat in hay field, with a dilapidated barn in the background. I also took a photo of the scene and did an expanded version which hangs in my parent's house.
Car seat in hay field, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, 1999?
Conveniently, the sign on the wall says Bayfield Hall so we know where this one was from. I lived there for about 5 years while doing a PhD at University of Western. I went through a realism phase, trying to turn myself into a human camera or something, LOL!
Brown eyed Susans Bayfield Hall, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, 200x
More interpretive, this apartment building is shades of blue, green and magenta, set against a row of pine trees. Its done up at the mall in the north, a neighborhood called Masonville.
Apartment over trees, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, 200x
This was always one of my favorites from the era. It shows a good variety of greens, with trees, grass, the electrical box, and a vent pipe off to the left. The colour mix for the electrical box was a combination of cerulean blue, rose madder genuine, and viridian hue.
Blue-green electrical box, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, 2004?
Another good use of cerulean blue in the background elements, it created a nice atmospheric effect. The shades of brown were primarily from burnt sienna, while the water was probably a mix of cerulean blue and burnt sienna.
Misty river, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, 200x
I can tell from looking, this was a really early one, maybe 1997. I had a lighter touch to being with, then went heavy during the realism phase, and opened up again in recent times. I like the breezy feel of these early ones.
London Ontario bridge vista, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, 1997?
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