I am making one last blog from Brazil as we prepare to go to the airport. This scene is a short walk down the road, I painted it just in front of a cool bakery or what we would call a patisserie in Montreal. Across the highway is a gas station in the foreground and in the background the forest is cleared out and levelled off into ramps leaving a gaping pit. The earth shows its true colour, a subtle brick red that I embellished with red ochre. There will no doubt be new condos there when we return. Its a little sad to see the endless development but at least the moment was captured in this painting.
Scarred Land, 8x10" watercolour rough press, May 2023 (No. 3608)
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