Obviously this painting was not done in Montreal, Canada unless I imagined it. In fact it was done in Santa Monica California on a trip I took with an old friend. Santa Monica is connected to all the other beaches via a long boardwalk which goes into Venice beach, where we were staying at a roach-infested youth hostel.
Of course it was sunny there as I sat by the boardwalk painting and watching the people go by. I had only been painting outdoors for about a year when I did this, I remember the results of the painting trip to be quite good. I will post some others in the future.
Because watercolour paint is mostly transparent, it is often impossible to paint an object on top of the background. To do this painting I did the tree first, and then painted the background around it. You can see the white paper showing through towards the bottom of the tree where I failed to fill in the background completely. Despite the small mistakes this painting has a nice freshness about it, the colours really feel warm.
Two Palm Trees, watercolour 5 x7" cold press, 1997 (No. 0167)
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