Bike Rack in Snow, Loyola Campus

 

Like a faint reminder of warmer times, this bike rack was poking out from under deep piles of snow on Loyola Campus. The building you may recognize from a previous winter painting, it is the PERFORM Centre where I spend a lot of time up on the top floor in the Immunology Laboratory. Last time I painted a snow pile around here, I tinted the snow shadow slightly purple, this time, I tinted it slightly green (cyan). To my eye it looks more accurate, and makes more sense, the snow shadow reflects the sky which is cyan, with a slight darkening. The three trees off to the left work well with the wedge-shaped reflective glass. Frigid temperatures have made the painting a new challenge, so far the key is to put salt in the water, dress warm, and paint fast!

5 x 7.5" cold press, watercolour, February 2021 (No. 2539)