Warming up in Vendome station

When it got dark I turned into Vendome station and warmed up a bit, then got the lights attached to my bike. Before heading out again I made this painting looking west towards the main front entrance. The staircase on the left provided the compositional anchor, its where everyone walks down to get to the metro platforms. Searching for good scenes in the stations is tricky, the main thing is to find some good contrast and a strong light effect to cut through all the grey. Over 2021 - 2022 I made a tour of all the 68 Metro stations in Montreal, the vast majority of the series was done from the outside although there were a few interior scenes like De Castelnau, and Bonadventure. If I paint in Montreal more this winter, I will need to find a place to warm up every now and then.

Warming up Vendome station, watercolour 5 x 7.5" cold press, December 2024