Along the way to the conference I had to cross the Amstel river which divides the East part of the city. It was a very foggy day but it was not raining that morning giving me the chance to sit down on a staircase and do this picture. I am looking north, on the bottom of the scene is a launching dock for a rowing club. People were very active around the river, they were jogging along paths, and rowing up and down on the water, and of course, there were hundreds of cyclists here getting to and fro. It was very noisy to, because the rush hour traffic was at its peak. Mind you, their version of rush hour has about one third the number of cars that we have in Montreal because so many people take public transit or ride their bikes. To get the sky right I actually went over it a second time a few days later because it was way too light in the first version. The sky and the water really felt like they were one continuous object.
5" x 7.5" hot press, Watercolour. Sept. 3 2018
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