One more of the warm-up paintings I made before traveling, this one was done on location in Monkland Village, an area of NDG close to the west side of the mountain. I saw this scene on a walk, the three apartment buildings just lined up perfectly creating an inter-locking spiral shape. I know most people wouldn't notice things in this way, and they would expect to see the sidewalk, people, cars and the road, but I wanted this composition to invite the viewer to look up and see what I saw. The colours of the three buildings in the painting match the actual colours of the buildings almost exactly. It is hard for a viewer to verify this without being at the location, but I am the first one to know when the colour is off. It just seemed satisfying to look down at the painting, and up at the actual scene that day and see that the colours were spot on. As I wrote in a previous blog, it is very hard to get the digital image to exactly match the original painting, but here on my screen it seems to have come out pretty well. I am starting to think about putting together a collection to show somewhere. I think about that from time to time since this blog is currently the only place to see my work. Lucky you!
5 x 7 cold press, Watercolour
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