There were a couple of scenes along the Decarie that I was unable to complete yesterday, so I rode back and made these paintings. The first one shows the Tilley's Hat mural of a giant pug dog done in magenta and purple. According to the signature on the mural, it was done by John Kaye. Everyone who drives by on Decarie boulevard or stops for gas will see this mural.
Tilley Mural, watercolour 8 x 10" cold press, November 2024
For what seems to be endless blocks, there is a continuous glass building with an angled front. In the interior, the whole thing is being renovated, like it is being completely gutted and redone. I have no idea what it is supposed to be, looks like retail space. Perhaps in the old days there were houses here, which would have been knocked down when the highway was built in the 1960's.
Angled glass building, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2024 (No. 4158b)
The last painting needed time to dry before over-laying the tree and other details, so I made this painting looking over to my left. A fellow in a hoodie was dumpster diving, looking for treasures behind the tall fence. I was kind of doing the same thing... painting watercolours of these bleak scenes hoping to create some artistic magic. But there's no way I would ever jump into a dumpster.
Dumpster Diver, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2024
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