Bolton Vanising landscape

 

Vanishing landscapes can be seen all over Canada, but not for long, because they are vanishing! This painting was done in Bolton on Queen street at the corner of Columbia way. A beautiful autumn scene of rolling hills and orange trees. 6 x 9" cold press, watercolour 

 

Landscapes fare poorly versus bulldozers, as you can see in the painting. The bulldozer was not actually moving, but I composed the scene to look like the landscape was being scooped up. 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour

Gale force winds joined with stormy clouds on the construction site. The lot would soon become a suburb of copy paste houses (they all look the same). It is a rare opportunity to paint a scene like this without it being rainy- half the sky is sun, the other half purple clouds. 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour

Happy days arrived, the suburb was complete! This is actually a different suburb but in the same North hill neighborhood. Those that live across the street from this scene will recognize it, from some time ago though when it was better maintained and the bricks were naturally coloured. This completes the cycle of the vanishing landscapes. Instead, this series can be called emerging suburbs? 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour. These paintings were done on various dates ranging from 1997 - 2004 ?