Riding east along the Lachine canal bike path leads to the highway overpasses connected to the massive Turcot interchange. This painting shows one of the spaghetti strands illuminated by the coral light of the setting sun. With landscaping and bike paths throughout, the Turcot has been a good location for painting.
Sunset on the Turcot, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, September 2025
This little side road heads down into the industrial area, the first painting in the blog was done at the end of this street where it turns left. Its Cote st Paul road. The radio tower on the horizon is up in NDG along the train tracks. To make the coral colours I mixed pyrol orange (PO73) sold as Winsor orange from Winsor and Newton, its one of the more expensive pigments almost twice the cost as my other paints but well worth it. The lower parts of the sky have the pyrol orange along with regular orange (PO62). I also mixed yellow ochre (PY43) with the pyrol orange for concrete structures illuminated by the sunset.
Side road sunset, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, September 2025
Before the sun set, I made a few paintings of the bridge, its highway 15 heading to Verdun, going over the Lachine canal. The old brick wall in the foreground used to be part of a bridge, now its covered in graffiti, done by the PJD25 guy what a jerk.
Graffiti bridge, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, September 2025
Here is the first painting I did on location, showing the neat canal reflections on the underside of the bridge. The path was very busy with cyclists, joggers, and walkers. How many times have I painted the Lachine canal? A lot, and its a fantastic location with plenty of sight lines and motifs, with relative quiet. Although the highway above was a little noisy, they designed the sides of the highway to deflect noise up and away, with soundproofing underneath so it is really well done.
Canal under bridge, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, September 2025
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