Looking around the neighborhood it is easy to find examples of a vanishing landscape. An old house is bulldozed and turned into a condo, a parking lot is dug up and turned into a condo, a farm is bought out and turned into condos. Basically condos are taking over the world (along with the worms!?). This abandoned house was located along Columbia Way and highway 50, North Hill Bolton. It was part of a farm that was slated for a housing development. The city stepped in a blocked development, but I think they built some kind of shop on this lot. I actually do remember painting this, the wood frame with all the details was particularly challenging. I love the way the clouds look, light an fluffy.5 x7 " cold press, watercolour, July 1996
Not content with an outside view, I explored further into the abandoned house, creeping up the stairs in into the remains of the attic. In the distance, through the old window frame was the purple and orange development sign. The shadows from the naked beams created a laddering effect on the fallen support beam. In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have been up there.
5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, July 1996
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