Down in the Old Port Montreal, boats are gone from the frozen marina, and replaced with... diner domes? I hadn't seen these before, geodesic plastic domes sitting upon a table and two chairs. There were about two dozen such domes strewn about the wharves, unoccupied for the time being. With some internet searching, these diner domes are part of an outdoor restaurant, at night they are illuminated with LED lights and attended to by a waiter.
Diner dome, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025
The artificial beach in Old Port is covered in snow, making the umbrellas look rather useless. In the background, the restaurant boat that is usually sitting in the canal near Atwater market was moored on a dock, not operational. Wind had swept over the snow-covered sand creating a wavy pattern.
Snow umbrella restaurant boat, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025
From Viger Square there was a good view of Cartier bridge and Molson's old brewery, still standing. When painting with heavily salted water in the winter, the paint stays moist for quite awhile. I have two wood drying racks, so I can do two paintings on location, ride to the next spot, and change for fresh papers. For dexterity, I wear very thin gloves underneath the oven-mitt gauntlets, so when I need to change papers I take off the outer-mitts briefly, but never expose skin to the frigid conditions.
Bridge and Molson's from Viger square, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025
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