Stratford Ontario is a picturesque theater town north of London Ontario, where tourists (used to) come from far and wide to see Shakespeare plays and enjoy the parks and restaurants. I went there by train from London to paint in 2001, I remember the date because the Raptors were playing the 76ers and Vince Carter missed the shot. It was a brief but eventful and productive weekend painting trip. I did previous blogs which I updated with more paintings and comments, including
swans and river scenes, and
Jazz in the park with scene of canon, which I actually sold on the spot which was enough to pay for dinner and the train ticket! I watched the last Raptors game, so after consulting Wikipedia, I know this was May 20th 2001.(The Raptors would not be in the playoffs again for 15 years after!) 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, May 2001
Next up, a classic scene of Shakespeare's disembodied head on a pedestal, somehow fitting. I would have been thinking about the
Statue of a Horse in Paris, which had similar colours and textures. You can click on those links by the way to see the blog and painting I am referring to. 5 x 8" cold press, watercolour, May 2001
In case you are wondering why some of the paintings are 8" instead of 7", its because when I cut up a 22x30", you get 18 pieces that are 5" wide on the short axis, but on the long axis you get 7" + 7" + 8" = 22". So when I painted a tall or wide subject I used the 8" pieces. Now I make them all about 7.5" instead.
It was productive there, here are a few more. These geese were quite active, and you can see two little yellow chicks in the grass. 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, May 2001
Here is an amazing tree in the park near the river, neutral browns and lots of texture.5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, May 2001
And I painted a row of buildings from the town, the spire is part of the town hall. 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, May 2001
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