Phillips square, across from the bay, is at the center of downtown Montreal. Since the Bay closed, its iconic yellow sign was recently removed, leaving a ghostly impression which you see in this painting. I tried to get some of the details of the brickwork and plaster features on its elaborate facade. Tourists and pigeons were all over the square.
Ghost of the Bay, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, March 2026
With some snow still remaining, these pigeons were having fun looking for food. There must have been a hundred of them. In the background was a Burger King restaurant which I renamed Burger PJD26, although Burger Pete would have sounded better!
Pigeons Burger Pete, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, March 2026
Riding past the alley and I could not resit painting all the dumpsters and other colourful accents including the Olympic rings on top of a building up in the background. A mural adorned the left side, and a few more pigeons mulled about for bits and bites.
Dumpster alley, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, March 2026
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