Along st Catherines there are plenty of restaurants and other late night establishments. This is an A&W hamburger joint, a few people were having some late night junk food. The composition was inspired by Hopper's painting nighthawks, a well known and oft-copied American masterpiece. On this night I was rather hoping to find some snow to reflect all the neat colours but the snow was long gone by now after a few days of rain. To do this painting I had to establish all the middle values, let it mostly dry on location, then over-paint the dark window and door frames with the figures in the shop. It came together pretty well, if I had more space, I could have fit in the dark blue-violet sky. When painting at night its usually best to include the sky, whereas this painting only shows the building. Yet looking at it, there is no doubt this is a night scene. With the sun going down so early, it looks like night scenes will be on tap for the next little while.
Downtown Orange, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, December 2024
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