Since I moved to Montreal in 2004 I have been going to the same barber shop, even after moving to NDG. The barber changed a few years ago, as the old fellow who worked at the place since the 1950's finally retired. On Saturday it was the last day for the new barber who was moving on to British Columbia. Apparently a new barber will take over and I said it would give them a try. While waiting for my haircut, it was unusually busy since his regular customers knew it was his last day, I made a painting of the interior of the shop. In the foreground is the back of one of the old barber chairs, while the background has the benches, cupboards and wall mirrors that were reflecting the other mirrors and so on. I started with a fairly elaborate brush-drawing (made with dilute carbon black) then filled it in paint-by-numbers style.
Hollywood Barber Interior, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, April 2023 (No. 3436a)
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