It gets dark so early now its night by 7pm. The other day I read about twilight and found out that there are three phases of twilight including astronomical twilight, nautical twilight and civil twilight that differ by the number of degrees below the horizon the sun is at. Technically it is night in this painting since the sun was well under the horizon and there were no discernable traces of the sunset remaining. To do the painting I set up near Notre Dame avenue and captured the Jacques Cartier bridge illuminated with funky fiber optic orange pink and yellow lights. It was noisy and still a lot of traffic was on the road as you can see.
Jacques Cartier bridge lit up, watercolour 7.5 x 11" cold press, October 2025
Looping around and then riding up the Jacques Cartier bridge on the bike path, I found the small viewing platform and made a panorama painting of the city at night. In the foreground is the st Lawrence river, then the train yard, then the down town core. Off to the left is old Montreal and the ferris wheel illuminated in pink light.
City night panorama, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, October 2025
Still standing on the viewing platform, I did this painting looking back towards the brige, omitting all the fences. The carzy lights and geometric patterns with the cars roaring by made for a hectic scene. At the bottom left you see a sliver of the river, and a bit of the traffic going by on Notre Dame av. Finished in 1930 it was originally called the Montreal Harbour Bridge, its clearance over water is about 50 meters, and its highest point is about 100 meters. It is around 3km long, although I was only a short distance along the bridge where the first viewing platform is located.
Disco bridge, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, October 2025
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