Finding autumn colours in downtown Montreal involved looking around the overpass and underpass areas where hills of natural growth are allowed to grow. At the Lucien-L'Allier underpass there were a variety of lemon/lime, orange and olive coloured trees with a few pops of red. Most of the scene was occupied by the undepass, there is a train line and passenger waiting platform on top, with rows of skyscraper condos in the background. Its a neat scene, you really feel like you are right in the heart of downtown Montreal.
Lucien-L'Allier underpass, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2025
Along rue st Jacques there was a large Community garden with planter boxes, shrubs, trees and all sorts of things. Most of the plants still had leaves on them, with various shades of olive and orange. In the background, the glass skyscrapers provided some cool colours like minty green, purple, and blue-violet.
Community garden in the city, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2025
Under the elevated highway there are hundreds of graffiti pieces, including the good old PJD25. If you read the Montreal local news, you may recall a story from the past few years about evicting the tent community from under this highway. Sure enough, it is completely devoid of people or tents as you see in the painting. The city said the evictions had to take place due to planned construction, but there was in fact no such construction, it was an excuse to send them packing. Now, the tent encampment moved out to Ville st Henri near the train tracks.
Vacancy under highway, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2025
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