In the background is the Canada Maltage factory which produces malt for beer brewing, better known as the Farine Five Roses building due to the iconic sign on it, which is off to the left of this scene. In the foreground is the edge of the Peel Basin with the black fence railings and some benches. A blue-violet shadow was casting from right to left as the sun was going down. I noticed an animal scurrying by, it was a good sized fox trotting by with its distinctive red-orange fur. It looked up at me briefly then trotted off along the snow-covered ice. I always thought that the paw prints in the canal were cats in the winter, but its more likely that foxes are the culprit. From memory I sketched in the fox in the foreground, I happened to leave a space there because of the shape of the bridge shadow. It was a bit of luck with the composition. That's a neat thing about painting on location, you never know what might make an appearance.
Peel basin fox, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, January 2025
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