Here is an old painting I did down in Toronto at the Redpath Sugar Plant which is still there and looks pretty much the same according to google maps. When I found this painting in my pile I thought that it was done in Montreal but wanted to double check, and it took no time to find the exact scene on google maps along the Queen's Quay. I made a few other paintings that day including one of Skydome, now called Rogers Centre where the Blue Jays used to play before COVID-19. Of course we are not supposed to travel between provinces without a quarantine so I haven't been to Ontario since Christmas time. The palette I used back then was very simple, I had at least four colours, french ultramarine (PB29), alizarin crimson (PR83), aureolin yellow (PY40), and viridian (the real one, PG18). I can tell from the mixes that this painting was made with those four colours, but I may have had burnt sienna and cerulean blue around then, I know I had those two very early.
My palette has indeed changed a lot, now I carry about 20 on my palette, and I totally removed ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson, aureolin yellow, real viridian, and cerulean blue. Writing this in 2020, my hope is to pare down to a smaller sized palette but for now I am having a great time experimenting with all the different options and discovering new ways to mix paint.
5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, 1996 (No. 0433)
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