As the sun went down clouds turned a pinkish orange hue and the cars reflected blue light. Pastel earth colours rounded out this sombre scene done just outside of Trenholme park after picking up the LUFA vegetables. When I think occasionally about the question of why do I paint? there is no clear answer other than I am compelled to produce art whether it be lab book doodles or watercolour paintings. Paintings like this one, or the many paintings I have done of dumpsters, garbage cans, electrical boxes, fire hydrants and other urban miscellany, are more telling of my mission than the large series that I embarked on such as the Montreal metro series and world inspired landscape series. Some time in ancient history I must have had an ancestor who scribbled pictures of antelopes on a cave wall using iron oxide and carbon pigments. Of all the things I do, painting is one that I hope to continue as long as I can.
Sherbrooke street with clouds, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, April 2024
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