Parliament Buildings and Lilac trees, Ottawa

Looking back through the old paintings brings back some memories. This is a trip I took with Cilei, her sister Cilene and her partner Fritz. We toured around and I took the opportunity to make a few paintings. For some reason it was hard to find a good angle and there were a lot of toutists there, of course we are talking 4 years ago so no social distancing required!

The design idea here was to feature the lilacs and keep the parliament buildings in the background, but the foreground ended up being a little lost. I chickened out, there were actually dozens of people sitting and walking around that I may have included in the painting. The painting does a good job of capturing the memory, and the heat of the late Spring. I know it was spring because lilacs only blossom for a few weeks usually in May.

8 x 10" cold press, watercolour, 2016