The Montreal Neurological Institute is a large, gothic-style former hospital annex high up University College street in downtown Montreal. I know it well since I spent many years there working as a scientist. In the painting, you can see the beginning of the overpass that connects to the now defunct Victoria hospital (not seen in the painting). It was raining steadily today which created dark wet streaks on the bricks, along with green streaks from the eroding copper roofs. I wanted to try this scene to challenge my ability to draw perspective. It worked out alright, if I had more time it may have gone better. Unfortunately with the whipping wind and steady cold rain I had to paint fast.
Montreal Neurological Institute Overpass, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, March 2023 (No. 3419a)
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