Its been four years of cleaning the palette, that is how these abstract paintings come about anyways. Since Montreal tends to be grey, brown, blue, and in the summer, green, there are not too many opportunities to paint colours on location. Of course, the artist can always embellish the scenery which I do on a regular basis. In an abstract painting there are no rules, you just paint whatever and hope it turns out okay. Usually I start with a strong brush stroke, like the yellow band in the background of the painting above. Then I fill int he rest accordingly with a variety of shapes and colours. Somehow there are roots growing in this painting, they are attached to my signature letters and 24 for the year.
Restless Roots, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, March 2024
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