Wasserman forest thaw

There were plenty of shades of brown in Wasserman forest, just east of Decarie in NDG. Including the kind of brown that dogs make... it seems a lot of dog walkers let their dogs poop around here during the winter and I had to walk down the melting path very carefully! In the painting, you see the felled trees strewn about the forest, those were invasive tree species that some knowledgeable volunteers removed and replaced with hundreds of native tree saplings. The old trees they cut will slowly compost and feed the growth of the new trees. Apparently this area used to be something of a dumping ground until the community took it upon themselves to clean it up and take care of the forest. I will return here more often to paint now that I know about it. I did some paintings there late last year when I first stumbled across the location.

Wasserman forest thaw, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, March 2025 (No. 4287a)