Heading down the Maisonneuve bike path on a cold and windy night with full bike lights I found a couple of scenes to paint including this one looking back west at a bike detour sign. This part of the path has been blocked off for more than 5 years now due to the Peel station renovations. Keeping the colours clean is tricky, especially the bright orange. I have a clean salty water, and the waste container with dirty salt water and I use both to paint. If its the dark sky I use dirty water, if its the clear colours I use the clean water.
Bike detour, watercolour 5 x 7.5" cold press, December 2024
This dépanneur does not appear to have a name, even on google maps it was not listed. But its there, I swear. The wind comes down Maisonneuve pretty strong here, the massive Alexis Nihon mall and all the towers, with the mountain not too far to the north creates a wind tunnel. Fun times with the minus umpty-ump wind chill factor.
Dépanneur Maisonneuve x Fort watercolour 5 x 7.5" cold press, December 2024
Taking a detour down into the Place des Arts metro with my bike to warm up and sort my gear out, I made this painting of the famous mural reflecting off the topaz-coloured floor. For simplicity I did not try to paint all the people. A lot of homeless people warm up in the station and often talk to me, one person went on and on but was also standing in the way at the beginning. The art depicted is part of the long display done by Frédéric Back called the History of Music in Montreal.
Place des Arts warming up, watercolour 5 x 7.5" cold press, December 2024
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