River in Ontario

Here is a recent painting I did in Ontario while I was out there at a Science Conference. There wasn't much time off so I just made one painting near the hotel I was staying at close to campus. Since I left there not much has changed, except there was a lot of construction going on, so much that I thought I was back in Montreal.

I tried to copy the old master style of painting these kind of scenes. To do this I kept the brush strokes thick and colourful, and used a composition reminiscent of Monet. The person on the embankment just sort of showed up for a moment, probably looking for cans and bottles. I made their shirt red just to give some contrast to the green.

5 x 7" June 2018, cold press watercolour