Like many stations, Place St. Henri is undergoing a massive renovation that will open two new entrances on either side of rue St. Jacques. To signify this change, some of the orange construction pylons were featured in the foreground, with the old station in the background. For a small painting there is a lot of detail, it took longer than usual to complete. It will be neat to go back when they are finished the construction projects and do some paintings of the new stations. There were other scenes around St. Henri that seemed cool to paint, but the rain was threatening this afternoon. This completes the first third of the Orange line Montreal from Cote Vertu to Vendome, the next phase runs through the downtown, and then towards the North to Laval. As the summer heats up these locations get tough, heavily exposed to sun and difficult to get to and fro when it hits around 30℃ as it will next week.
Place St. Henri Station, Orange Line, Pylons, 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, May 2021 (No. 2675a)
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