Great views are hard to find in the city, most of the sight lines are blocked by buildings or inaccessible without trespassing. But there are always scenes of interest, scenes that capture the ethos of the neighborhood. This scene caught my eye, it is just off the bike path in little Italy on Henri Julien Avenue, looking West into a small industrial area. The deep brown and rust colour and rugged textures really stood out against the blue sky, and the occasional pops of red completed the scene. It was a difficult location, although there was a relatively comfortable place to sit on the edge of a plant box across the street, the sun was pounding down full force most of the time. That made the paint dry quickly which helped to get in all the detail, but it was tough to endure for 35 minutes. There was a fence in between but I omitted it for clarity. This reminds me of a painting I made in Glasgow of a factory with smoke stacks. The object seen in the bottom left is, strangely enough, a small motorboat covered in a white tarp.
7 x 10 " hot press (block) watercolour, August 2019
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