This prominent suspension bridge tower has been featured in many of my paintings over the years. In this scene, I am on the bike path that runs along the edge of the service roads, looking up the massive, landscaped ramparts. The bridges off to the left are highway 15 coming from Verdun and connecting with NDG. Today's goal was 'more is less', I mean, more detail, less paintings. Using smaller brushes and adding more brush strokes increased the paint time by about 50%, but I still knocked out seven paintings. I like the way this one turned out, I wanted it to have a monumental feel, like a modern day Roman coliseum in Montreal.
Turcot tower, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2025
You just go for paintings like this and hope for the best, its not possible to think about the finished product. In the end the whole scene gives me a woozy, tipsy feel like a bowl of spaghetti. The horizon line anchors the scene. A couple of train engines went by in the middle of the scene, one was towing the other. The Turcot is an appealing subject matter because its a modern, awe-inspiring, grotesque thing, with lots of places to stop and paint, and bike paths all throughout. Monet painted trains and train tracks, and train station, which were relatively new and exciting in his time. Anyways, I would rather be painting it than driving in it.
Turcot tipsy, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2025
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