PJD Vista with Sculpture

I was going to turn back at the Victoria bridge but decided to continue on to st Helen's island where the tourists and concert goers hang out at Park Jean Drapeau (PJD). Usually, at this time I am making the final bike rides of the year to the far reaches of my range, because after it snows I am pretty limited as to where and how far I can ride. But it seems the summery weather is going to keep up for awhile longer. The trees are changing colour, like you see in this burning bush in the foreground. I painted it with an amazing mixture of deep scarlet (PR175) and perlene green (PBk31). Deep scarlet is the colour of a ripe cherry, and with small dabs of perylene green it looks like red wine. The rest of the painting was straightforward and it all looked rather bland until I added the interesting sculpture in the background which is right near the edge of the river. The main reason I was standing here was that a tree was providing enough shade. It is a bizarre condition to paint in... blue sky, summer temperature, leaves falling, and leaves changing colour slowly but surely. 

PJD Vista with Sculpture, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, October 2023 (No. 3563a)