Zooming down Lansdowne avenue bike path from Westmount, I noticed a 3/4 full moon clear and bright in the sky through the trees and over the expensive houses. They may have expensive houses but the roads sure are crap, some of the bumpiest nastiest roads you can ride on, but then again everyone there seemed to have an SUV four wheeler! At any rate, I kept heading south then east along Maisonneuve looking for an opening to paint the moon, finally arriving at Atwater station I set up on the Atwater street divider which had strong white LED lights although there was a surprising amount of traffic for the hour I was out. Can't a painter find some peace and quiet? The moon was just rising up above one of the condos, and was framed nicely by a large tower on the right, and the Atwater metro sign illuminated in the center. The rest of the painting was a patchwork of light and dark, yellow and brown, bright and dim. Night painting is all about the contrasts which makes it interesting as an artist and interesting to look at.
Moon over Atwater station, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, September 2025
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