Last Lights on Campus

With the budget cuts this may be the last lights on campus, at least they can't block the sun. In the foreground you can see the melting snow, it was a twisted pile of black and blue surrounded by greenish grass in the middle of February. For the rest of the painting I painted it fast, with a rough and ready style. Instead of outlining it first with paint, I just went straight for the colour blocks, let it dry a bit and overlaid the trees. The peachy orange highlight set against the blue sky was the main focal point, and the undulating snow piles provides a bit of visual interest. Perhaps some day with better weather I can capture the architectural details of the facade although its not something I normally focus on, rather, I try to explore the interactions between nature as it were, and the city.
 

Last Lights on Campus, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, February 2024 (No. 3695a)