This iron bridge crosses the Peel Basin where the Lachine canal ends. Its a busy bridge that carries local commuter trains, REM off island train, and VIA domestic Canada trains. Represented in the painting is a local commuter train, although I painted it mostly from memory since trains go by too fast to paint them. On the iron bridge someone wrote PSYCHO, a graffiti writer, but I replaced it with my initials. Underneath you see some water reflections. One of these days I will do a water-reflection themed trip.
Commuter train bridge Peel Basin, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, May 2026
This is the gear factory wall in Old Port... the factory is long gone, just four walls barely standing with the help of steel supports. Obviously a heritage structure under protection, it has a number of graffiti names on its stony wall. To paint the silver-paint, I started with a wet-in-wet circle of pale purple grey, then surrounded it in a dark brown made with indo blue (PB60) and burnt yellow ochre (PR102). That combo is very useful, it makes dark brown, and purplish greys depending on the ratio of pigments. Finally, I outlined in red, then used a hog's hair brush for some stippling texture. Its a realistic looking silver paint effect. In the background you see part of the Canal and some city-scape.
Shiny graff gear wall, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, May 2026
Looking through one of the windows on the Gear wall I caught this view of old silos, a warehouse, and off the the left in the background, the Canadian Maltage factory with its famous Farine Five Roses sign on an angle. I used a pale mix of indo blue x burnt yellow ochre to start off with, varying the tints with purple (PV55) and raw sienna (PBr7). Then I over-painted the silo with yellow ochre (PY43) to give a peeling paint effect, and finished with my graffiti initials outlines in black, yellow and red at the top of the silos. And I didn't even have to climb up there to do it!
Graff silos Old Port, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, May 2026
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