How time flies! These paintings were done in the last year I lived in Ontario just before I moved out to Montreal. Grand bend is about 70 km north of London Ontario along some fairly treacherous highways and windy areas. The bike ride went well although I hit the wall with about 2 km to go, and it took me an hour to walk my bike into town. Along the way I made a couple of paintings while I rested. This one shows a nice contrast between the horizontals and verticals.
Grand Bend on Route, Trees seen from Highway, 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, 2003 (No. 0183)
I also saw this scene along the way, which resembles a Van Gogh painting of the Netherlands where such windmills were popular.There is an impressive array of browns here, despite the fact that I only had burnt sienna earth colour. Younger Peter would have really appreciated the umber earth paints!
Grand Bend on Route, Windmill in Field, 5.5 x 9" cold press, watercolour, 2003 (No. 0177)
Keeping up with my love of painting blue waste bins, I made this painting at the final destination, the famed beaches of Grand Bend. The blue of the bin provides a nice foil for the turquoise of the sea. I also like the waves here, they feel really life like I can hear the water crashing on the sandy beach. There was almost no people here because it was off season, very cold and just before fall. I made other paintings of the beach, and from in the town.
Grand Bend, Bin on Beach, 4 x 9" cold press, watercolour, 2003 (No. 0179)
There is a popular fishing pier at the beach, and I caught this scene of several of them fishing at sunset. I remember having to paint fast for this one. Normally I avoided painting people, but int his case it really made a great composition and helped break the otherwise symmetrical scene.
Grand Bend, Anglers at Sunset, 6 x 8" cold press, watercolour, 2003 (No. 0175)
Finally this scene, which edited out the anglers to focus on the diagonal line of the pier. I love how the pink of the sky reflects off some of the waves, and how rich and bright the clouds are. The peach-yellow of the sky is also quite profound. I never spent much time appreciating my own work, you see here it is not even signed. It is fun to know that people are reading this blog and having a chance to enjoy some paintings done almost 20 years ago.
Grand Bend, Lighthouse at Sunset, 6 x 9" cold press, watercolour, 2003 (No. 0171)
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