One of the local grocery stores recently moved locations to Jacques street, leaving behind an empty building and parking lot on Sherbrooke. Akhavan is a Persian style grocery with lots of fresh food, nuts, dairy, meat and a huge section for tea. Too bad it is so far away now and hard to reach by bike. I was standing in the shade in the abandoned parking lot looking at one of the service doors and back side of the large facade. The sun was really hot and cast an amber glow on everything. To get the colours right I used combinations of earth paints with high chroma paints, and made sure to get the shadows dark and cool. Our guess is that this will be redeveloped into condos soon.
Was Akhavan, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, September 2022 (No. 3239b)
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