A large truck depot and warehouse sits next to the Lachine canal, its called Garfield, apparently unrelated to the cat. These colourful trailers were lined up in an interesting way. Despite the bitterly cold wind I gutted this one out. It a scene that I ride by all the time on the way to the canal and have always wanted to paint.
Colourful trailers, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, March 2025 (No. 4205b)
The truck rigs were just as colourful and interesting. By now the wind had picked up and it was like standing inside of a blast chiller... I know what it feels like to be inside of an ice cream machine. The painting actually blew away at some point and it was lucky to not blow onto the highway. So the rough appearance is genuine, in fact, it suits the subject matter nicely.
Colourful rigs, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, March 2025 (No. 4204b)
Earlier I painted this plume of steam emanating from the paper and cardboard recycling center. It smelled like wet cardboard, so I assumed they were boiling it inside. Since I am standing next to the canal path, this is the view of the back of the facility, and you see the giant bus-sized palettes of compressed cardboard. I did a larger version with a surprise in it, will post next. For this painting, the plume of steam needed to have more contrast, it was a stark white with almost hard edges against a blue background. I'll try to do it better next time, today was tough, this painting also blew away but I retrieved it, then my bike blew over !
Steam recycling center, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, March 2025 (No. 4205a)
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