Cartier Station, Orange Line Metro, Laval

 Henri-Bourassa station station used to be the terminus of the orange line until they completed the connection to laval. The odd thing is that Cartier station is also called the terminus, but of the Laval line. Confused? Just try to take a trip from the Montreal to the Laval line, and you would hardly believe that they are connected, you get off one, buy new tickets, get on the other. I decided to head up there after painting the Henri-Bourassa station, it was only about ten minutes north. This scene shows some of the gleaming marble walls of the main building. Everything looked new here, but it was surprisingly desolate of people using the transit system. Mostly I just saw cars and buses.

To do the black wall I used carbon black and yellow ochre, and it dried very light. So I applied a second layer with the reflected elements. My favorite part of the scene was painting the fire hydrant, it was a rousing ferrari red (PR255) with a canary yellow cap (PY154, PY110).

Cartier Station, Orange Line, Black Wall, watercolour 8 x 10" cold press, October 2021 (No. 2911)

 

This is the east entrance to the station, it looked rather like a concrete layered-cake! The paint wouldn't dry and it was terribly noisy here, while I was suffering a headache the whole trip. Despite the excuses, it was a good try. The white on dark elements are difficult to do with watercolour because you can't paint white paint over top.

Cartier Station, Orange Line, Piece of Cake, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, October 2021 (No. 2860)

 

A large circular boardwalk surrounded the main building. I found a great spot to stand with a view of the backlit station and an impressive shadow cast out on the lumber. While the details are lost in this painting, it does convey the exact feeling of the scene. In the background you see the simplified domes of the cars rushing by. And to think it was Saturday, where were all the cars going?

Cartier Station, Orange Line, Boardwalk, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, October 2021 (No. 2861)