Life is a highway(s)

Tom Cochrane had that big hit in the 90's 'Life is a Highway'. Well, here are a bunch of highways, so, life is several highways! As usual I changed the main sign to have my initials and the year 26. The green on the sign is mostly phthalo green yellow shade (PG36) , while the early spring grass is done with a mix of earth paints raw sienna (PBr7) and yellow ochre (PY43), mixed with the PG36 green. Burnt umber provides some dark areas of earth. I like how the bright green plays off the olive earthy greens. 

Highways signs early Spring, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2026 

From the new Falaise path, one can see the train tracks, highway, and even the giant brown mountain of crud through the landscaping. Each year the landscaping gets thicker and taller, it will soon be a dense forest with full sun and enough rain. Those red lines are a kind of shrub that has bright red branches fanning out from the ground. I mixed the incredible burnt yellow ochre (PR102) from Daniel Smith, with pyrol red (PR254) to get that shade of red. The pine trees are diluted perylene green (PBk31).

Falaise path train and highway, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2026 

In the distance you see the downtown Montreal skyline and the white point from the st Jacques Decarie overpass bridge. Then you have the curving shapes of the Falaise path, left, the train tracks, middle, and the highways on the right. Getting the curves right was key here, and preserving the white contrasts on the highway. 

Falaise path tracks highways, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2026