Insistent Tree Slushy Day, catalogue update

 

It was a cold an slushy day in NDG, with the weather calling for freezing temperatures it will be quite the mess out there for a little while. This painting was down on the Cavendish and Somerled corner looking back towards the insistent tree that continues to grow out of the old Royal Bank building foundation. It is taller than the bank now, and is looking to be quite full. I know one day they will cut it down, but so far the building has not been sold or rented out so the tree remains. The sun was setting, as depicted with a streak of orange paint (PO62) and some pastel colours in the cloudy sky.

Insistent Tree Slushy Day, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, January 2024

I updated the catalogue today and have calculated the final number of paintings for 2023, I did 510 paintings, which is less than the last few years, about the same as the number I did on the pandemic year. I knew the numbers would go down since I was grinding paintings the last few years mostly to learn my new paints. The 2023 paintings were more detailed, and many of the location paintings were 8 x 10". The number actually doesn't matter, they pile up in boxes now, and I have it very organized so that I can pull out a painting by looking at the catalogue or blog, then searching the numbered pile.